Elon Musk’s SpaceX yesterday announced that Google would team up with its Starlink satellite internet service to deliver cloud computing services to business customers in a mouth-watering deal between the two heavyweights.
Under the partnership, SpaceX will place its Starlink ground stations within Google data center properties, which can help the service support businesses requiring cloud-based applications.
Starlink is in the process of launching its satellite broadband internet service, which can reach customers without ground-based connections and is one of several space-based systems.
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‘Combining Starlink’s high-speed, low-latency broadband with Google’s infrastructure and capabilities provides global organizations with the secure and fast connection that modern organizations expect,’ said SpaceX president and chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwell.
‘We are proud to work with Google to deliver this access to businesses, public sector organizations, and many other groups operating around the world.’
Urs Hoelzle, senior vice president at Google Cloud, said the tie-up would help ensure ‘that organizations with distributed footprints have seamless, secure, and fast access to the critical applications and services they need to keep their teams up and running.’
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
