Google's first AI satellite can run its chips for 15 minutes.
Google launches its first orbital AI computer on October 1 carrying four of its own chips. Heat cannot escape in a vacuum, so the chips run about 15 minutes then shut off to cool. Two more satellites follow in 2027 to test laser links between them.
Why it mattersData centres are running out of power and land on Earth, so companies are looking up. This one test decides whether that idea survives contact with real hardware.
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