This week, during a podcast episode, Google CEO Sundar Pichai delved into the intriguing topic of constructing data centers in space. He voiced his ambitious vision of having TPUs (Tensor Processing Units) deployed in space by the year 2027. Echoing a similar forward-looking sentiment, Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos, has projected that within the next 10 to 20 years, data centers will make their way into the vast expanse of space. Meanwhile, Elon Musk has highlighted the fact that the solar energy Earth receives is merely a minuscule fraction—one in two billion—of the total solar radiation energy. He emphasized that venturing into space is a pivotal step in harnessing a greater share of this boundless energy source.
