# @the_minhaj_raza on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRj8h2EE4mq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63260853-the-minhaj-raza-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-11-27T13:30:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Minhaj Raza (@the_minhaj_raza) — https://gondola.cc/the_minhaj_raza

## Caption

Starcloud is an aerospace startup developing space-based data centers, which use solar power and passive cooling for AI computation. 

The company launched its first satellite, Starcloud-1, carrying an NVIDIA H100 GPU, to demonstrate its technology and run AI workloads in orbit. Starcloud plans to build large orbital data centers with the long-term goal of offering energy-cost competitive data services compared to terrestrial data centers. 

Key aspects of Starcloud’s space data centers :

• Solar-powered: The data centers will use constant sunlight for power, providing a stable and abundant energy source. 

• Passive cooling: They are designed to radiate heat into the vacuum of space, eliminating the need for traditional, water-intensive cooling methods. 

• Mission to validate technology: The initial satellite, Starcloud-1, is a test to validate thermal management and radiation shielding techniques for high-performance hardware. 

• AI focus: The data centers are designed to address the growing demand for energy needed for AI training and other large-scale computations. 

• Partnership with Crusoe: The company has partnered with Crusoe to provide a cloud service from space, with Crusoe becoming the first cloud operator in space through the partnership. 

• Future plans: Starcloud plans to launch more powerful satellites and envisions building massive 40-megawatt data centers in space in the early 2030s. 

#starcloud 
#datacenter #ai

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## Tags

starcloud, ai, datacenter

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