Google launches TPU to test Gemini-powered space data centers

Solar panels in orbit can face the sun almost continuously, and Google says a space data center could generate up to eight times more electricity than one on the ground. A satellite launching October 1 carries four TPU chips that will run 15-minute computing bursts with Gemini, then power down to cool. Google says both ground tests went better than expected.

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