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 Project Suncatcher is a new research moonshot to one day scale machine learning in space. Working backward from this potential future, they are exploring how an interconnected network of ...

This would involve Google Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) AI chips being placed onboard an interconnected network of satellites to “harness the full power of the Sun.” Specifically, a “solar panel can be ...

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 ...

Google announced Project Suncatcher, a “moonshot” plan to launch AI data centers into space on solar-powered satellites. This aims to harness unlimited clean energy for its TPUs. Despite communication ...

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 ...

Google AI data centres in space: Google is exploring a bold new frontier for artificial intelligence, planning to send AI data centres into space, with its first trial satellites expected to launch in ...