Google CEO Sundar Pichai says the company aims to send its first equipment into space as early as 2027 to begin building artificial intelligence data centers off Earth. The idea is part of “Project Suncatcher,” a long-term research initiative announced by Google that focuses on developing machine learning capabilities in space.
Pichai admits that the concept sounds “extremely ambitious” and even “crazy,” but argues that the enormous energy requirements and computing demands of next-generation AI make the plan increasingly logical. The company hopes to place a TPU — Google’s custom chip designed to accelerate neural network processing — in orbit as a first step.
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