Despite Power Shortages... Google to Equip SpaceX (SPCX) Rockets with AI Semiconductors

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SpaceX (SPCX) is heading to orbit carrying Google's artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors. As big tech companies, facing massive power consumption and cooling issues on Earth, have chosen space as a new alternative for future data centers, orbital-based computing infrastructure demonstration experiments have begun in earnest.

According to CoinGape, a virtual asset and financial media outlet, on October 2nd (local time), SpaceX plans to launch Google's AI chips into orbit via the Transporter-18 mission using the Falcon 9 rocket. This launch marks the first space demonstration experiment for Project Suncatcher, which Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) is pursuing to explore the feasibility of building a space-based AI data center network. Google will focus on verifying the in-space operational performance of its Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) hardware, which operates by utilizing the nearly constant solar power in low Earth orbit.

Google executive Travis Beals explained about the mission, saying, “The first launch is a process to identify what works correctly and where the fault points are.” He added, “The results obtained from this mission will serve as guidelines for future Project Suncatcher tests.” As AI technology companies worldwide fiercely compete to secure exponentially increasing computing capacity, this project is considered a watershed moment for gauging the feasibility of data processing in a space environment.

The market is paying attention to the commercialization of space AI infrastructure and the stock price movements of related companies. SpaceX stock recently faced resistance above $153 and has been consolidating buying interest, trading around $150. With the $149.7 to $150 range acting as a major support line, there is an observation that if it recovers to $151 in the short term, it could retest resistance levels at $152.1 and $153.4 to $153.7.

Experts evaluate that despite technical challenges such as shielding from space radiation and overcoming extreme temperature environments, space-based data centers could be a mid-to-long-term breakthrough to alleviate the burden on terrestrial power grids. As big tech companies' infrastructure competition expands beyond Earth to the orbital realm, the race for next-generation computing hegemony is expected to intensify further.

[Article Summary]

-SpaceX will launch Google's AI semiconductor TPU into orbit via the Transporter-18 mission.

-This is the first orbital experiment for Google's Project Suncatcher, demonstrating solar-powered space data center infrastructure.

-SpaceX stock is currently confirming short-term buying interest around the $150 mark, based on the $149.7 support line.

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