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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Technology
Francis Louie C. Añiga

Google Sends First AI Chips Into Orbit as It Chases Elon Musk's Space Data-Centre Dream

Google’s Suncatcher mission turns the race for AI power into a space experiment, pitching cloud computing against the vacuum (Credit: Reuters / Toby Melville)

Google is preparing to send its custom artificial intelligence chips into orbit for the first time, in an experiment that could pave the way for satellite-based data centres to power future AI systems.

The initiative, called Project Suncatcher, will see the technology giant partner with Earth-imaging firm Planet Labs on a series of tests.

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