# Google's first Suncatcher space data center satellite is online and running Gemma 4

> Original title: Google’s first data center satellite is online and writing poetry

- Source: TechCrunch · AI
- Published: 2026-10-30T17:00:00.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/wx589kocjijorxmv0wv8w82bl
- Original: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/googles-first-data-center-satellite-is-online-and-writing-poetry/

## Summary

Google's Suncatcher prototype, carrying four TPUs and generating up to 1 kW, launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 and is now communicating with the ground. Engineers sent it a prompt, and the pre-loaded Gemma 4 model wrote a haiku about being in space. The TPUs can only run one at a time for about twenty minutes, and the test will examine how the chips handle thermal stress and radiation.