Tesla, Google, Nvidia and Starcloud in a AI Space Race. Tesla Future Chips, SpaceX Starship are Key

Project Suncatcher: Google to test AI data centres in space - Connected to India News I Singapore l UAE l UK l USA l NRI

Google logo. Photo: Unsplash Tech giant Google has announced “Project Suncatcher,” a new research initiative designed to scale machine learning capabilities in space. The company stated that the moonshot project aims to investigate whether an interconnected network of solar-powered satellites, equipped with Google’s Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) AI chips, can harness sunlight to power large-scale computing systems in orbit. In a post on X, Google…

Tesla, Google, Nvidia and Starcloud in a AI Space Race. Tesla Future Chips, SpaceX Starship are Key

StarCloud’s Nvidia A100 chip launch, Google’s TPU plans for 2027, and Elon’s ambitious 100 GW target by 2030 via SpaceX’s Starship. Challenges include chip shortages, high launch costs (needing under $80M per 40 MW payload for viability), and timelines akin to delayed projects like robotaxis. Starlink’s evolution will be from V2/V3 and AI versions of ...