SpaceX’s Starlink is eyeing to provide internet to the enterprises market in the second half of 2021. It has teamed up with Google Cloud to boost its efforts.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX inks satellite connectivity deal with Google Cloud
Under a new agreement, SpaceX will plant Starlink terminals at Google Cloud’s data centers
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Google said on Thursday that it signed a deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to use the space company’s growing satellite internet service, Starlink, with its cloud unit. SpaceX will install Starlink terminals at Google’s cloud data centers around the world, aiming to utilize the cloud for Starlink customers and enabling Google to use the satellite network’s speedy internet for its enterprise cloud customers.
The Starlink-Google Cloud capabilities, which include secure data delivery to remote areas of the world, will be available to customers by the end of 2021, Google said in a press release Thursday morning. SpaceX will install the first Starlink terminal at Google’s New Albany, Ohio, data center, a spokesman said, adding more plans on the partnership will be shared in the coming months.