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According to a post on X by @kimmonismus, Google's Project Suncatcher satellite, launched October 1, ran Gemma 4 on a data-center-class TPU in orbit and sent its answer back to Earth. Google plans two more TPU satellites in 2027. The post also argues that energy, not chips, will be the main US bottleneck by the early 2030s, pointing to China building about 46 nuclear plants.
According to a post on X by @kimmonismus, Google's Project Suncatcher satellite, launched October 1, ran Gemma 4 on a data-center-class TPU in orbit and sent its answer back to Earth. Google plans two more TPU satellites in 2027. The post also argues that energy, not chips, will be the main US bottleneck by the early 2030s, pointing to China building about 46 nuclear plants.
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Google's Project Suncatcher satellite, launched October 1, ran Gemma 4 on a data-center-class TPU in orbit and sent its answer back to Earth, and Google plans two more TPU satellites in 2027. @kimmonismus argues that energy, not chips, will be the main US bottleneck by the early 2030s because China is building...
The post suggests solar-powered compute in space could help with energy, scaling and the grid, though the snippet cuts off before the full argument. Builders and investors tracking AI infrastructure may want to watch whether Google's planned 2027 satellites follow through. The energy bottleneck claim is the author's view, not an established finding.
Hardware and robotics watchers may want to track whether this becomes a product, benchmark, or deployment signal.
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