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SpaceX launches Google AI chips into orbit in push toward space-based data centers

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Google's tensor processing units were launched into orbit on Planet Labs satellites.

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Both outlets frame the story as Google’s push toward space-based AI data centers and mention the launch of AI chips into orbit. NPR foregrounds Project Suncatcher as Google’s “moonshot” and says the satellite is fridge-size and solar-powered, while CNBC uniquely names SpaceX in its headline and says Google’s tensor processing units were launched on Planet Labs satellites.

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