SpaceX is partnering with @Nvidia to design the Starmind AI1 satellite compute payload. SpaceX shares tumbled nearly 10% in pre-market trading, largely spooked by an extraordinary spike in capital expenditures. Credit: NVIDIASpaceX plans to deploy NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 rack-scale systems (a.k.a. SpaceX has committed to using Nvidia GPUs exclusively because they are the best — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 4, 2026Crucially, the collab extends beyond terrestrial data centers and into outer space. To wit, SpaceX is actively co-developing the Starmind AI1 satellite compute payload, leveraging NVIDIA's space-certified Vera Rubin modules to process real-time geospatial data, autonomous flight analytics, and orbital intelligence directly in Earth's orbit.