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Google plans first test of AI chips in space under Project Suncatcher

Sept 24 (Reuters) Alphabets Google said on Thursday it will launch a prototype satellite next week in its first in-orbit test of Project Suncatcher, a research effort to explore whether space could potentially host large-scale AI computing infrastructure. Companies including SpaceX and Starcloud are pursuing plans to deploy data centers in low Earth orbit, aiming to harness near-continuous sunlight to power energy-intensive AI computing and sidestep terrestrial constraints on electricity supplies. The Misinformation Monitor newsletter rounds up international misinformation narratives, with a Real or Fake? quiz in every edition. Sign up here. The new mission, scheduled to fly on

24 Sep 2026 7:53 pm