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Google wants to build solar-powered data centers — in space

The demand for AI data centers has grown so large that there isn’t enough energy on earth to power the buildout.Google’s engineers think they may have an answer: Put some of them in space.In a research paper published Tuesday, Google outlined plans to launch its AI chips, known as Tensor Processing Units, into a low-earth orbit that keeps them constantly in view of the sun, allowing them to continually run off solar power.The TPUs, attached to satellites, would be deployed as a constellation whe...

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