Google is taking AI infrastructure to a new frontier: space. Under Project Suncatcher, $GOOGLB is exploring solar-powered satellites equipped with its AI-focused Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), potentially creating large-scale computing infrastructure in orbit.

Google has now announced its first in-orbit test, with a prototype satellite scheduled to launch aboard SpaceX’s upcoming Transporter-18 rideshare mission in partnership with Planet. The test will examine how Google’s AI hardware performs against radiation, extreme temperatures and launch conditions.

The idea is simple but ambitious: satellites can receive sunlight for much longer periods than solar panels on Earth, potentially providing abundant energy for AI computing while reducing pressure on terrestrial power grids.

If successful, Project Suncatcher could open a completely new chapter for AI data centers—where the cloud literally operates above Earth.

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