Google spends ~$200B/year on compute
Google alone is spending roughly $200 billion per year on compute, roughly equivalent to the entire space industry today.
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The $10B Satellite Empire Putting AI in Orbit, Why Chips Beat Rockets & China's #1 Open Model | EP #266
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Jun 26, 2026
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Project Suncatcher: Orbital TPUs and the Economics of Compute in Space
At 54:25 · chapter starts 49:20
Will reveals the Google-Planet study: at $200–$300/kg launch cost, orbital compute beats terrestrial on pure cost. Google expects most compute in space within 10 years; Planet is building their first test satellites. [1] — Will Marshall "A Google-Planet study found that once launch costs hit $200–$300 per kilogram, it is simply cheaper to run compute in orbit than on the gro…" 49:20 [2] — Will Marshall "Google: most compute to space in 10 years: Google's CEO Sundar Pichai told Planet Labs that within 10 years, most compute is expected to be…" 54:10
Project Suncatcher: Why Google Is Putting TPUs in Orbit
A Google-Planet study found that once launch costs hit $200–$300 per kilogram, it is simply cheaper to run compute in orbit than on the ground. Google's Sundar Pichai told Planet: within 10 years, most compute will be in space. Planet is now building Google's first orbital TPU test satellites.
$200–$300/kg launch threshold
When launch costs reach $200–$300 per kilogram, it becomes cheaper on a pure cost basis to put compute in orbit versus on the ground.
Google: most compute to space in 10 years
Google's CEO Sundar Pichai told Planet Labs that within 10 years, most compute is expected to be put into space.
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