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Google’s Project Suncatcher is a long-term research initiative aimed at developing solar-powered data centres in space to meet rising AI-driven computing demands while reducing environmental impact. As part of this ambitious plan, Google intends to deploy prototype satellites by 2027. These satellites will form a distributed computing network powered entirely by solar energy, using advanced technologies such as Tensor Processing Units and laser-based optical communication links. The 2027 timeline reflects the complexity of developing space-ready hardware, ensuring radiation resistance, and establishing reliable inter-satellite communication systems for large-scale computing in orbit.