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Google is testing custom TPU chips on an orbital satellite to evaluate their resilience against space radiation and thermal extremes, addressing the growing need for compute infrastructure beyond Earth's resource constraints. While current cooling limitations restrict chip runtime to 15-minute intervals, this mission represents a strategic pivot toward off-planet data centers as terrestrial options face increasing regulatory and environmental hurdles.
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As companies pour billions into Earth-based AI infrastructure, Google is taking the data center race off-planet
Fortune4 min read
Google will conduct experiments with its satellite in space for a year.
The moonshot idea of putting AI data centers into outer space just moved one step closer to reality, despite doubts about its feasibility. Last week, Google’s Project Suncatcher launched a refrigerator-sized satellite carrying four AI chips into orbit on a SpaceX rocket, in an early test of whether the technology behind today’s power-hungry data centers could someday operate in space. The satellite, developed in partnership with Planet Labs, took off on Oct. 1 and is operating as expected, according to a Google blog post. The point of…
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