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Why tech companies want to put data centres in space
AI's hunger for electricity is running into the limits of power grids. Orbit offers constant sunlight, and a long list of engineering problems.
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Space
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Google's Project Suncatcher will put four AI chips in orbit on 1 October
A fridge-sized prototype satellite carrying Google TPUs launches on a SpaceX Falcon 9, the first test of Google's idea for solar-powered data centres in space.