Google sends test AI chips into space – with SpaceX

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You read that right: Google is sending test AI chips into space. Handelsblatt and Die Zeit report this in agreement. For transport, the company is relying, according to Handelsblatt, on a rocket from Elon Musk's space company SpaceX.

With this, a second tech heavyweight is getting serious about an idea Musk has championed for years: data centers in space.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has long spoken of data centers in space. Now another tech heavyweight is revealing concrete test plans – with the help of one of the rockets from Musk's company SpaceX.

What is known so far about the test

What exactly Google wants to send into space, which chips will be used, and what tasks they are supposed to perform up there does not emerge from the reports available so far. Die Zeit also picks up the topic but holds back on further details in its teaser. This leaves the concrete scope of the test blurry for now.

Why SpaceX of all companies?

The fact that Google is relying on SpaceX for its space test is notable: SpaceX is one of the few companies with commercial launch capabilities – and belongs to Elon Musk, who has himself championed the idea of data centers in space for a long time. Now the rockets of his own company are to carry a rival into space.

What remains open

It is also unclear so far when the launch is to take place. Only once Google or SpaceX release further details will it be possible to assess how extensive the test really is – and whether it could grow into a larger project.