Google's Suncatcher project aims to put AI data centers in orbit powered by solar energy
The Decoder · rss · 2026-09-25
Google's "Suncatcher" project plans to run AI infrastructure in orbit on solar power, starting with a fridge-sized experimental satellite launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 on October 1. The hurdles are steep: matching a single 1-gigawatt data center on Earth would require roughly 10,000 satellites, and Jeff Bezos estimates it could take 20 years before orbital data centers beat ground-based ones on cost.
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