By Global Data Center Hub
Publication Date: 2026-09-28 02:00:00
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Google plans to send four AI chips into orbit on Thursday, October 1.
The New York Times reported that the test satellite, called MVP, will ride a SpaceX rocket from California.
Google confirmed the launch on its own blog and said the satellite was built with Planet, a company that makes Earth-watching satellites.
Most of the talk about this launch is about rockets. How cheap can a launch get? When will a data center in space cost the same as one on the ground? Those are fair questions. But they skip a simpler one that tells you more.
Every data center is held back by one thing before anything else. On the ground, that thing is usually power. In space, power is easy to get, so something else takes its place.
This piece teaches you how to find that one thing and how to use…
