United Kingdom, March 18 -- Nvidia has revealed plans to build AI data centres in space.

The AI chip maker says that its new Space-1 Vera Rubin Module will be used by partners for orbital data and centres and to provide analysis for satellite constellations.

Nvidia chief Jensen Huang says that the California-based firm's initiative would "take intelligence where it's never gone before" through space-based AI infrastructure.

He said: "Space computing, the final frontier, has arrived. As we deploy satellite constellations and explore deeper into space, intelligence must live wherever data is generated.

"AI processing across space and ground systems enables real-time sensing, decision-making and autonomy, transforming orbital data centre...