# Google tests its first orbital data centre with AI-generated haiku

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/googles-first-data-center-satellite-is-online-and-writing-poetry/
- Published: 2026-10-30T17:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T17:23:14+00:00
- Original publisher: TechCrunch
- Original article: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/googles-first-data-center-satellite-is-online-and-writing-poetry/
- Topics: Space, Technology

## Key points

- Google’s first AI data centre satellite is operational.
- Its single TPU can run for about 20 minutes at a time.
- Two more satellites may launch in 2027.

## Summary

Google’s first data centre satellite is online and has received its first prompts, marking an early test of the company’s plan to run AI workloads in orbit. The prototype’s performance could help determine whether networks of satellites can support large-scale computing, though the project remains at an early stage.

Launched earlier this month, the satellite carries one Google Tensor Processing Unit and can generate up to 1 kW of electricity, limiting it to about 20 minutes of operation at a time. It ran Google DeepMind’s Gemma 4 model to write a haiku and report orbital conditions; further tests will assess heat and radiation effects on the chip. Google says the next step, if the hardware proves capable, is to launch two more satellites in 2027 to test greater power generation and optical links between spacecraft.

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