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Tech Titans Eye Space for AI Data Centers

11/28/2025

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Tech leaders are exploring space data centers to meet growing AI computing power.
Elon Musk predicts space could provide a million times more energy than Earth.
Sundar Pichai (Google) acknowledges the idea appears 'crazy'.
Google's Project Suncatcher aims to scale space-based machine learning and deploy a 2027 AI chip.
The global electricity demand for data centers is expected to double by 2050, straining power grids.

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Story summary

Tech leaders are exploring space data centers to meet growing AI computing power.
Elon Musk predicts space could provide a million times more energy than Earth.
Sundar Pichai (Google) acknowledges the idea appears 'crazy'.
Google's Project Suncatcher aims to scale space-based machine learning and deploy a 2027 AI chip.
The global electricity demand for data centers is expected to double by 2050, straining power grids.