Google CEO Sundar Pichai has revealed that the company is exploring the idea of building data centres in space as part of its long term innovation goals. In an interview with a global news outlet, he said the company is pushing boundaries in quantum computing and looking at bold new ideas for the future.
Pichai said, “In that spirit, one of our moon shots is to, how do we one day have data centers in space so that we can better harness the energy from the sun.” His remarks were shared online, where a post featuring the interview also drew a response from Elon Musk, who reacted with a single word: “Interesting”.
Pichai said Google is known for pursuing ambitious projects. He added that the company plans to “put these data centers in space closer to the sun” and expects to take the “first step in 2027”. He said the plan is to send small racks of machines into satellites, test them and then scale up. According to him, a decade from now such data centres could become common.
This discussion comes as Musk recently disclosed a similar ambition for his aerospace company, which plans to develop orbital data centres using advanced satellite networks. He said these centres could offer low cost AI computing within five years.
Pichai also referenced other long running innovation efforts, emphasising Google’s commitment to high impact technology experiments.
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