Google 启动 Suncatcher 项目，计划在轨道上用太阳能运行 AI 数据中心
Google's Suncatcher project aims to put AI data centers in orbit powered by solar energy
Google 要把数据中心搬上天，10 月 1 日发射首颗实验卫星，一颗冰箱大小，对标 1 吉瓦地面机房得一万颗。
Google 的 Suncatcher 项目计划把 AI 基础设施送上太空，由太阳能供电。一台冰箱大小的实验卫星定于 10 月 1 日搭乘 SpaceX Falcon 9 火箭发射。要在轨道上达到地面一个 1 吉瓦数据中心的算力，大约需要 10,000 颗卫星。Jeff Bezos 则估计，轨道数据中心的成本要在约 20 年后才可能低于地面方案。
Google's Suncatcher project aims to put AI data centers in orbit powered by solar energy
Google's "Suncatcher" project aims to run AI infrastructure in orbit on solar power. A fridge-sized experimental satellite is set to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 on October 1. But the challenges are steep: you'd need around 10,000 satellites to match a single 1-gigawatt data center on Earth, and Jeff Bezos thinks it could take 20 years before orbital data centers beat ground-based ones on cost. The article Google's Suncatcher project aims to put AI data centers in orbit powered by solar energy appeared first on The Decoder .
