Overview
- Google plans to launch small server racks on satellites in 2027 to test thermal management and reliability in space.
- The company aims to tap higher, continuous solar output in orbit to reduce dependence on Earth-based power for AI workloads.
- Sundar Pichai described the effort as a multi‑year initiative and suggested orbital computing could become routine within a decade.
- Elon Musk reacted to a clip of Pichai’s comments with a one-word post, writing “Interesting” on X.
- Analysts, including ARK Invest, point to SpaceX’s Starship as a likely enabler for scaling the concept, and some reports refer to the effort as “Project Suncatcher.”