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Nvidia to build orbital data centres based on physical AI
Nvidia will unveil at GTC 2026 a Physical AI full-stack strategy spanning industrial automation, autonomous driving, edge computing and space. It introduced a Physical AI Data Factory Blueprint built on the Cosmos world model and Osmo orchestrator to link data generation, simulation, evaluation and deployment. Microsoft Azure and Nebius are first cloud adopters. Nvidia also announced robotics and autonomous driving software updates and a space-optimised Vera Rubin Space Module aimed at real-time orbital operations.