Google's In-Orbit Data Center Chip Trial Set For October Launch

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Google plans to deploy a first test satellite for its orbital data center ambitions next month, carrying tensor processing units (TPUs)—its custom-designed artificial intelligence (AI) chips—with more missions already planned. “Can our TPUs survive and operate in space? Well, we're going to find out...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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