Crusoe to Deploy in Starcloud Satellite Data Center

Neocloud Crusoe is going to space and has revealed plans to deploy on a Starcloud satellite scheduled to launch in late 2026, and offer limited GPU capacity from space by early 2027. This comes ahead of the expected launch of the Starcloud-1 satellite this November. About the size of a small refrigerator, the 60kg satellite will feature an Nvidia H100 GPU and trial the concept of space-based compute.

"Having Crusoe as the foundational cloud provider on our platform is a perfect alignment of vision and execution," said Philip Johnston, CEO of Starcloud.

"Crusoe's expertise in building rugged, efficient, and scalable computing solutions makes them the ideal partner to pioneer this new era. Together, we are building not just a data center in space, but a new category of cloud computing that will unlock extraordinary possibilities for research, discovery, and innovation." 

Cully Cavness, co-founder, president, and COO of Crusoe, added: "At Crusoe, we believe that space will ultimately matter to the future of computing because it enables new solutions to a key scaling constraint for AI infrastructure, which is sourcing abundant, consistent, and clean energy."