Meet Project Suncatcher, Google’s Plan to Put AI Data Centers in Space

Google launches AI hype to the moon with Project Suncatcher

: Chocolate Factory's latest moonshot aims to put AI supercomputing cluster in sun-sychronous orbit

Meet Project Suncatcher, Google’s plan to put AI data centers in space

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 interest in space-based infrastructure. Moguls like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk have mused about putting GPUs in space, and now Google confirms it’s working on its own version of the technology. The company’s latest “moonshot” is known as Project Sunc…

Google Eyes Space-Based Data Centers With 'Project Suncatcher'

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos aren't the only ones experimenting with data centers in space. Google also sees potential in harnessing 'the full power of the Sun.'

Google’s next moonshot is putting TPUs in space with ‘Project Suncatcher’

Google is starting a new research moonshot called Project Suncatcher to “one day scale machine learning in space.”

Google wants to build solar-powered data centers

The NewsThe demand for AI data centers has grown so large that there isn’t enough energy on earth to power the buildout.Google’s engineers think they may have an answer: Put some of them in space.In a research paper published Tuesday, Google outlined plans to launch its AI chips, known as Tensor Processing Units, into a low-earth orbit that keeps them constantly in view of the sun, allowing them to continually run off solar power.The TPUs, attac…

Google to launch satellites equipped with its TPU AI chips in 2027

Google LLC today detailed Project Suncatcher, an initiative to launch artificial intelligence chips into orbit aboard satellites. One of the main motivations behind the project is that solar panels generate significantly more power in space than on Earth. Moreover, there’s no need for batteries. On Earth, batteries provide a backup power source when a solar […] The post Google to launch satellites equipped with its TPU AI chips in 2027 appeared …