When Google calls something a “moonshot,” it’s rarely just a metaphor. Its latest experiment – Project Suncatcher – quite literally looks beyond Earth. Google has outlined an idea that sounds like it’s ripped from a sci-fi screenplay: building a space-based AI infrastructure, powered entirely by sunlight, and interconnected through high-speed optical links.

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At its core, Project Suncatcher is an attempt to reimagine where AI gets trained. Today’s machine learning models, from Gemini to ChatGPT to Deepseek, demand staggering amounts of energy and compute power. The world’s data centers already consume more electricity than entire countries. Google’s pitch is bold – if sunlight is the limiting factor on Earth, why not go where it never sets?

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