Google will soon be one step closer to getting AI data centers up and running in outer space.
The tech giant announced Thursday that its Project Suncatcher will launch a prototype satellite into low Earth orbit next week to test how well Google Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) hold up under the rough conditions of space.
“This first launch is about seeing what works, identifying points of failure, and applying those findings to future missions,” the company said in a blog post.
Project Suncatcher is Google’s long-term research moonshot, first announced last year, exploring whether massive AI computing infrastructure could eventually operate in…
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