The Rundown Tech: Google to build data centers in space in 2027

 Google to build data centers in space in 2027
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The Rundown: Google CEO Sundar Pichai laid out the company’s audacious plan to launch solar-powered data center satellites into space by early 2027 under Project Suncatcher, telling Fox News the moonshot could reshape how AI infrastructure is built.
The details:
Google will launch two prototype satellites in 2027 under Project Suncatcher, partnering with satellite imagery firm Planet to test AI hardware in space.The satellites will carry Google’s Trillium-generation TPU chips, which survived radiation testing that simulated low-Earth orbit conditions without damage. Solar panels in space can generate up to 8x more energy than on Earth with near-continuous sunlight and minimal downtime. For the project to be cost-competitive, launch costs would need to drop to around $200 per kg by 2035 — a target Google believes SpaceX could hit.
Why it matters: Pichai said that in a decade, extraterrestrial data centers could become normal, tapping into solar energy that’s “100 trillion times more” than Earth’s total electricity production. Google faces brutal engineering challenges, but if it works, the tech giant could ease pressure on power grids here on Earth.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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