Google’s first AI data center in space is up and running

🚀 Google's Gemma 4 Writes a Haiku From Orbit Google engineers tested an AI model running aboard a satellite. For its first task, Gemma 4 generated a haiku about being in space. 💻 Google's experimental data center in orbit, Suncatcher M1, carries four Tensor Processing Units (TPUs). Still, it generates only up to 1 kW of power: enough to run just one chip at a time, for about 20 minutes. The satellite launched on October 1. Engineers spent the next three weeks testing out the satellite's subsystems before powering up the TPU. The ongoing test campaign will examine how well the chips handle the harsh space conditions. Radiation can cause "bit flips" — errors that change values stored in memory, corrupt data, and interfere with AI processing. 💡 Project Suncatcher aims to build AI data centers in orbit in the 2030s. Groups of satellites would operate as interconnected clusters, communicating through laser links. In theory, the approach could help address challenges facing AI infrastructure on Earth, including cooling and power supply. Will space-based data centers become mainstream? ❤️ — Yes, definitely! 🔥 — No, it's a dead end @hiaimediaen