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Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company's space data center project Project Suncatcher is about to reach a "hello world" moment with TPU. He also said the team will achieve important milestones within 10 to 20 years. Pichai called the 24/7 energy available in sun-synchronous orbit the project's first-principles basis, and noted that physical space on Earth is limited and hard-pressed to support the exponential growth in computing demand over the next 20 years. The project is still in its early stages, with no further evidenced developments.
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Oct 22
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Pichai discusses Google's space data center project Suncatcher
Google CEO Pichai said that the company's space data center project Project Suncatcher is about to reach its "hello world" moment with TPUs, and the team will achieve important milestones within 10 to 20 years. He said that sun-synchronous orbit can provide 24/7 energy, which is the first-principles basis for the project, while Earth's physical space is limited and difficult to support the exponential growth of computing demand over the next 20 years.