According to the report, Kessel keeps the basic Vera Rubin NVL72 configuration: 36 Vera CPUs, 72 Rubin GPUs and nine NVLink switch trays. Instead of Nvidia's cable cartridges, compute and switch trays sit back-to-back around a passive PCB midplane. Tom's Hardware says the layout resembles a smaller version of Nvidia's Kyber design, which also relies on a PCB interconnect.
SpaceX/xAI will keep buying Nvidia hardware directly but will source other components itself, which could give it more control over its supply chain. This is a research firm's report; SpaceX and Nvidia have not confirmed the details, and no timeline has been given for deployment on the ground or in orbit.