Google thinks SpaceX’s Starship has to launch 1,600 times before space data centers get off the ground
Google launched a TPU into orbit on SpaceX to test Project Suncatcher's space data-center concept.
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2 articles · newest firstGoogle is sending an AI satellite into space next week
Google will launch a TPU satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 on October 1 to test AI compute in orbit.
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