From: J Pan <Pan@uvic.ca>
To: Sebastian Moeller <moeller0@gmx.de>
Cc: Hesham ElBakoury <helbakoury@gmail.com>,
Hesham ElBakoury via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net>,
5grm-satellite@ieee.org
Subject: [Starlink] Re: Nvidia-backed Starcloud trains first AI model in space as orbital data center race heats up
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:49:06 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHn=e4h+g3U-h7zTE3iKeFK2Ovam7CY1o60jmNDhp7guZeWCYg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1966035A-DD6F-467E-8052-EEB9A12309EC@gmx.de>
nothing wrong with the engineering (which is supposed to push the
thing to the boundary, extend and make it at scale economically), and
the hype may come from the press, which we have often seen for decades
--
J Pan, UVic CSc, ECS566, 250-472-5796 (NO VM), Pan@UVic.CA, Web.UVic.CA/~pan
On Thu, Dec 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM Sebastian Moeller via Starlink
<starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
>
> But why?
>
> This is pure hype engineering. A single satellite with single nvidia card is now "data center"?
> On the othef hand adding mord stellites and/or more nvidia cards would add no discernable gain on what amounts to a publicity stunt...
>
> Which data really needs to be processed in orbit again?
>
>
>
> On December 11, 2025 6:29:15 PM GMT+01:00, Hesham ElBakoury via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
> >https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/nvidia-backed-starcloud-trains-first-ai-model-in-space-orbital-data-centers.html?utm_campaign=18788462-Infra%20Daily&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9OWFxtKYV65Vy5_40reX-_65O0fJJgyoUcxwC45XCu3MYPsnA-FgxBfousFsuqt9olXi74KGRHzn6OCtGRNgI8hbBWIQ&_hsmi=394023295&utm_content=394023295&utm_source=hs_email
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-11 17:29 [Starlink] Nvidia-backed Starcloud trains first AI model in space as orbital data center race heats up Hesham ElBakoury
2025-12-11 17:52 ` [Starlink] " Sebastian Moeller
2025-12-11 21:49 ` J Pan [this message]
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