Google’s first space data center is a refrigerator-sized satellite with four TPUs and about a kilowatt of solar power. This article sizes it against Google’s Ironwood pods, the GPUs Google rents on the ground and gigawatt campuses, works through the solar and radiator arithmetic of scaling up, and compares Starcloud and SpaceX Starmind.
Google will launch its first AI chips into orbit on 1 October 2026 under Project Suncatcher. This article explains the MVP satellite and its four TPUs, the launch, radiation and cooling tests, the laser-linked constellation planned for 2027, the $200 per kilogram economics, rivals Starcloud, SpaceX and Nvidia, the sceptics’ case and what it means for businesses.
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