Google is in talks with SpaceX to launch AI data centers into orbit |
Google is in talks with SpaceX to launch AI data centers into orbit
A launch deal would make the two companies partners as they prepare to compete on orbital data centers, an unproven technology SpaceX is pitching to IPO investors
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Google $GOOGL is in discussions with SpaceX about a rocket-launch deal that would help the Alphabet subsidiary put data centers into orbit, according to The Wall Street Journal. Google is also in talks with other rocket-launch companies, the Journal reported, citing unnamed sources.
Orbital data centers — territory that Elon Musk has publicly declared the next frontier for his rocket company — would become a shared competitive arena for the two firms if a launch agreement is reached. The planned public listing this summer — expected to........