US EditionGoogle Launches Project Suncatcher: AI Data Centers in Space
- On Tuesday, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, announced Project Suncatcher to deploy Tensor Processing Units on two prototype satellites by early 2027.
- With energy demand outstripping supply, Google plans a dawn-dusk sun-synchronous low-earth orbit using solar arrays to harness near-constant sunlight, which could be eight times more productive than Earth panels.
- To match terrestrial centers, Google’s Tensor Processing Units will link via free-space optical links to deliver tens of terabits per second in a cluster of 81 satellites at 650 kilometers.
- Radiation tests show Trillium-generation TPUs begin memory irregularities after 2 krad, while Google says launch costs must fall to $200/kg by the mid-2030s for space datacenters to match terrestrial energy costs.
- Partnering with Planet Labs, satellite imaging provider, Google will test hardware while SpaceX, Starcloud, Jeff Bezos and other startups pursue similar orbiting datacenter plans.
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Google launches 'Project Suncatcher' to harnessing solar power and cold background of space for AI
Ever since advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) came to the forefront, people have questioned their environmental cost. These technologies consume substantial power for operation and require vast quantities of water to cool the systems on which they run. As these technologies grow more popular, more questions are being raised about their sustainability. But it appears Google has found an innovative wa…
The CEO of Alphabet, a parent company of Google, made an unexpected announcement on Tuesday night. “Our processors are going into space!” said Sundar Pichai in his social network account X. The Suncatcher project, in which the company has been working for more than a year, aims to send from 2027 the first satellites with machine learning processors (machine learning), one of the legs of artificial intelligence (AI), to sit near the Sun and take …
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A lighthearted exchange between Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) CEO Sundar Pichai and SpaceX chief Elon Musk followed Google's bold new plan to build the world's first AI data center in space. Google's Project Suncatcher Takes AI Beyond Earth On Tuesday, in a post on X, formerly Twitter, Pichai unveiled Project Suncatcher, an initiative to establish an AI data center in low Earth orbit powered directly by the sun. "Our TPUs are headed…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has shared important information. He revealed that a successful test has been completed for Project Sun Catcher. With Project Sun Catcher, the company plans to deploy a computing system in low Earth orbit that will be powered by sunlight. Let's learn more about it in detail.
Google wants to build a data center that harnesses the power of the sun
Google is testing the feasibility of sending data centers to space that could run on the power of the sun.REUTERS/Yves HermanGoogle is testing a new project that could harness the sun to power data centers in space.Google's own research shows that space-based data centers could avoid draining resources on Earth.SpaceX and other startups are exploring similar ideas.Google is joining a new kind of space race.On Tuesday, CEO Sundar Pichai announced…
Google has a ‘moonshot’ plan for AI data centers in space
Google has dreamed up a potential new way to get around resource constraints for energy-hungry AI data centers on Earth — launching its AI chips into space on solar-powered satellites. It’s a ‘moonshot’ research project Google announced today called Project Suncatcher. If it can ever get off the ground, the project would essentially create space-based data centers. Google hopes that by doing so, it can harness solar power around-the-clock. The d…
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