Google's Suncatcher project aims to put AI data centers in orbit powered by solar energy
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Google's "Suncatcher" project aims to run AI infrastructure in orbit on solar power. A fridge-sized experimental satellite is set to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 on October 1. But the challenges are steep: you'd need around 10,000 satellites to match a single 1-gigawatt data center on Earth, and Jeff Bezos thinks it could take 20 years before orbital data centers beat ground-based ones on cost. The article Google's Suncatcher project aims to put AI data centers in orbit powered by solar energy appeared first on The Decoder .
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