Google to launch first Big Tech satellite testing AI data centers in space next week
paulfabretti · x · 2026-09-25
Per the New York Times, Google will send a refrigerator-size experimental satellite into orbit next Thursday with enough compute to answer simple AI queries from space — Big Tech's first concrete step toward orbital AI data centers.
Built by Planet Labs for Google, the satellite already passed vibration testing in a San Francisco clean room, with technicians marking each screw to detect loosening. The mission will validate in-orbit inference powered by solar panels and space heat dissipation.
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