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Google to test AI chips in space with prototype satellite
Original: Project Suncatcher: Google to launch prototype satellite to test AI chips in space
Google has announced Project Suncatcher, an initiative to launch a prototype satellite designed to test the performance of AI chips in orbit. The company is exploring whether data centres could eventually operate in space, taking advantage of continuous solar power while avoiding land and cooling constraints on Earth. The project puts Google in competition with other tech firms weighing space-based computing.
Why now: Interest in whether space-based data centres could ease the energy and land demands of AI computing.
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- Project Suncatcher: Google to launch prototype satellite to test AI chips in space · internationalfinance.com
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