Alphabet: Google Sends Its AI Chips into Space - the Race for Orbital Data Centers Begins on October 1
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On October 1, Google will launch a refrigerator-sized test satellite equipped with four of its own TPU accelerators aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX. Project Suncatcher aims to determine whether large AI computing capacities can be shifted to orbit in the long term, where near-permanent solar energy is available. In 2027, two additional satellites are planned to follow and test the extremely fast laser connections necessary for larger orbital AI clusters for the first time. The race for the next generation of AI infrastructure...
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