Google’s Suncatcher: Space Servers Powered by Literal Sun Worship
Google, never one to let Earth hog all the fun, announced Project Suncatcher on a Tuesday (because Mondays are for procrastination). They plan to fling satellites loaded with their custom Tensor Processing Units—those little chips that run AI models—into low-Earth orbit by early 2027. The project aims to suck in more solar power than 100 trillion times humanity’s current electricity output, all while sparing earthlings from watching their data centers guzzle water and juice like they’re at an all-you-can-drink buffet. Finally, by the 2030s, launching a kilo into space could cost under $200, possibly cheaper than your morning artisanal coffee habit. Meanwhile, Elon Musk chuckled ‘Great idea lol’ and bragged about SpaceX’s launch tech while a GPU-toting startup called Starcloud kicked off their satellite party in November. Thermal management and radiation-proof chips are just charming hurdles for Google, because who doesn’t want a data center that’s basically a high-tech sunbather in orbit?
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Google wants to park AI servers in space powered by the sun because apparently Earth’s electricity and water aren’t trendy enough. Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s SpaceX is chuckling, probably plotting to meme-ify rocket launches into a cosmic data center reality show.
If your data center overheats on Earth, just send it to space where thermal management is the new boss level of computer problems.
Google 2027: 'Let’s launch our AI servers into orbit and save Earth’s water.' Also Google: 'Thermal management and radiation? Totally easy, we’ve got this.' Spoiler: They don’t.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 11/5/2025 | Author: Katherine Li
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