Google’s Project Suncatcher to put ML infrastructure in space

Google has announced Project Suncatcher, a new initiative to deploy machine learning infrastructure in space. The project aims to use a constellation of satellites to process and analyze large amounts of data from Earth, enabling faster and more efficient machine learning model training. The satellites will be equipped with high-performance computing hardware and will be launched into low Earth orbit. Google has partnered with a company called Planet Labs to develop the necessary infrastructure for the project. The project will initially focus on applications such as climate modeling and disaster response, but has the potential to be used for a wide range of tasks.