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An Imminent Google Satellite Test Is Another Step Toward Data Centers in Space

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Google is testing to see if its AI computing equipment can handle being launched into orbit.

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  1. Washington Examiner

    Google to send experimental satellite with data center capabilities to space (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Google is preparing to send an artificial intelligence data center into space as the tech giant and a growing number of startups explore moving energy-intensive computing beyond Earth’s atmosphere. The company’s Project Suncatcher is expected to take a major step toward that goal Oct.

  2. Engadget

    Google is sending a teensy-tiny AI data center to space (opens Engadget)

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    Engadget's feed description

    It's an experiment to see how the chips hold up in the harsh vacuum of the cosmos.

  3. Inc.

    Google Is About to Launch Project Suncatcher. It’s the Start of a New Era for Data Centers (opens Inc.)

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    Inc.'s feed description

    The prototype mission blasts off next week with a modest AI satellite from Google. Many more like it from other companies could follow.

  4. MyStateline

    Google to launch AI chips into space next week in test of future data centers (opens MyStateline)

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    MyStateline's feed description

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (WTVO) — Google plans to send artificial intelligence chips into orbit next week, taking an early step toward a far more ambitious idea: data centers powered by the sun and operating in space. The prototype satellite is scheduled to launch Oct.

  5. Gizmodo

    Google’s Project Suncatcher Is Sending AI Chips Into Space Next Week (opens Gizmodo)

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    Gizmodo's feed description

    The experiment is intended to advance Google’s plans to someday build AI data centers in space.

  6. Tech Startups

    Google to launch Suncatcher AI data center into space on October 1, taking aim at SpaceX’s orbital AI push (opens Tech Startups)

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    Tech Startups's feed description

    Google is about to send its AI infrastructure somewhere data centers have never seriously operated before: orbit. On October 1, the search giant plans to launch the first experimental satellite for Project Suncatcher, its effort to test whether AI computing […] The post Google to launch Suncatcher A…

  7. CNET

    An Imminent Google Satellite Test Is Another Step Toward Data Centers in Space (opens CNET)

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    CNET's feed description

    Google is testing to see if its AI computing equipment can handle being launched into orbit.

  8. Revolver News

    Google is sending an AI data center into space — with help from Elon Musk’s SpaceX… (opens Revolver News)

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  9. Breitbart News

    Google to Launch Satellite to Test Orbital AI Data Center Technology (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Google is preparing to launch a satellite carrying its AI chips into orbit, part of an early test of whether space could someday host AI data centers.

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