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Google plans to move AI data centers into space

Original: Google takes the A.I. data center race to outer space

Google is unveiling Project Suncatcher, an effort to run AI data centers on solar-powered satellites in orbit, according to a New York Times report. The move aims to bypass the growing land, power and cooling constraints of ground-based data centers by using continuous solar energy in space. The announcement lands as tech companies race to secure compute capacity for artificial intelligence, and it is drawing debate about feasibility, cost and orbital logistics.

Why now: Google announced an ambitious plan to put AI data centers in space amid the escalating compute race.

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