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Google Tests AI Data Center In Space
TL;DRGoogle launched a test satellite to explore running AI data centers in orbit.
Why it matters: Space-based computing could solve data center heat/power constraints and reshape cloud infrastructure economics.
Longtime Slashdot reader Geoffrey.landis shares a report from NPR: Google just put a refrigerator-sized satellite into space, part of a research project the company hopes can pave the way for orbiting AI data centers powered by the sun. The prototype satellite has four specialty…
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