# AI data centres (datacenters) in space!

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 22, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-data-centres-datacenters-in-space/1031098 "2026-06-22T12:16:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-data-centres-datacenters-in-space/1031098/101 "2026-10-02T09:32:32Z")

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[An article in The Register](https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/10/02/google-launches-first-datacenter-satellite-and-research-that-finds-orbiting-bit-barns-can-work/5300721) about Suncatcher . The article discusses a study by Google researchers of what it would take to make orbiting data centers viable. The article’s link to the study itself is broken, here’s a correct link: [Toward a future space-based, highly scalable AI infrastructure design](https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(26)00362-4).

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