Google's first Suncatcher orbital data center test launches October 1

Ars Technica
By Ryan WhitwamSep 24, 2026, 12:16 pm138 pts
Google is taking its first step toward making Project Suncatcher a reality. Announced last year, Suncatcher is Google's "moonshot" effort to design orbital AI data centers, which AI boosters like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have pitched as an alternative to divisive terrestrial data centers. Google's first…

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