Key Points Google's experimental satellite will have the power of one data center server, and will answer simple AI queries for a year. The satellite will be powered by solar panels and Google's proprietary tensor processing units (TPUs). Project Suncatcher shows that Alphabet is willing to compete in every facet of AI. 10 stocks we like better than Alphabet › One of the biggest arguments against data centers is how much power they require -- and whether the power grid can reasonably accommodate them. Data centers are estimated to consume 4% to 5% of electricity in the U.S. today, but that's expected to increase to as much as 17% by 2030, according to data from the Electric Power Research Institute.
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