Google's parent company Alphabet is discussing a deal with SpaceX to launch a rocket as a part of the orbital data centres in space, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.
The IT giant is also holding talks with other firms within the interstellar rocket propulsion space regarding the same, the report stated.
Google had announced it plans to launch data centres in space in a blog post in November 2025. Calling it 'Project Suncatcher', which involved the launch of solar-powered satellites containing AI data centre infrastructure.
According to a blog post and research paper from the company shared on Wednesday, the firm has discovered that up to 80 satellites can be launched into orbit 400 miles above the earth.
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The satellites can conserve the earth's resources by running on solar energy in lieu of batteries which could help conserve electricity, water, minerals and other critical resources on earth.
Google had initially reported that it was planning to launch its first trial equipment into space by 2027.
The partnership signals the second instance where SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has conciliated with a competitor in the AI space that he had initially criticised in public. The billionaire and tech mogul expressed concern regarding Google's market dominance.
Musk had called Google's deal with Apple to use their Gemini AI models as the basis for the latter's Siri and Apple Foundation Models "an unreasonable concentration of power." The firms inked a multi-year deal in January for the same along with Google providing AI infrastructure to Apple Intelligence.
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