The tech industry is on a tear, building data centers for AI as quickly as they can buy up the land. The sky-high energy costs and logistical headaches of managing all those data centers have prompted ...

When Google calls something a “moonshot,” it’s rarely just a metaphor. Its latest experiment – Project Suncatcher – quite literally looks beyond Earth. Google has outlined an idea that sounds like ...

It was probably always when, not if, Google would add its name to the list of companies intrigued by the potential of orbiting data centers. Google announced Tuesday a new initiative, named Project ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Google recently unveiled Project Suncatcher, a ...

Consequently, some Big Tech players are looking to locate their data centers in space. They think that low earth orbit could mitigate the problem of pesky, annoyed neighbors and offer perpetual ...

Google describes Project Suncatcher as a "research moonshot to one day scale machine learning in space." Like others, Google sees potential in harnessing the Sun to power a new class of data centers ...

Google’s ‘Project Suncatcher’ Aims to Power AI Data Centers from Space Your email has been sent Google is taking its “moonshot” reputation to new heights by moving its data centers… to space? The tech ...

IN SPACE - AUGUST 11: In this handout photo provided by NASA, the Canadarm2 (center) and solar array panel wings on the International Space Station are extended during the mission's first planned ...

It’s been hard to avoid tech giant Google’s AI ventures lately. You might find all those new AI services and features useful, or you might find them annoying—but either way, one thing is absolutely ...

Looking ahead: Google may not be taking as many audacious moonshots as it did in its early years, but it remains at the forefront of global technological transformation, shaping how people work, ...

Google's parent company Alphabet has already put the robots on your streets with Waymo, but that clearly wasn't ambitious enough. Google has now announced Project Suncatcher, a self-described ...

Zoom into NYC from space in this amazing Google Earth Studio visualization, featuring "West 66th" by pop rock artist Logan ...