Google's new moonshot: running TPUs in space, powered from orbit

soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-09-25

Kent Walker announced Google's latest moonshot: exploring whether TPUs can operate in space — and be powered from orbit. The blog explains the 'why' and next steps; the bet is that near-unlimited solar power in space could sidestep terrestrial data center power and cooling bottlenecks.

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