Aaron Burnett
@aaronburnett · Jul 15, 2026
orbital data centers have one glaring constraint few are discussing publicly: inference network coherence. We tackled it this week in our analysis "The Orbital Inference Containment Tax"
tbf we mostly hand-waved coherence in our early ODC models (other things to learn first),
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
GPU average power consumption if it’s doing inference over the course of 24 hours is ~2/3 of its peak power, even if you’re super efficient.
SpaceX AI Sat V1 peak power spec has been raised to ~250kW (battery-assisted), with average power of ~160kW. Will be able to handle an NVL72 Ruben rack.
This is just version 1.
05:28 AM · July 16, 2026 · 45.1K views
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