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How off-grid solar microgrids can power the AI race

Fast, scalable, clean, and cheap enough How off-grid solar microgrids can power the AI race December 2024 By Kyle Baranko (Paces), Duncan Campbell (Scale Microgrids), Zeke Hausfather (Stripe), James McWalter (Paces), Nan Ransohoff (Stripe) Check out our new open-source site cost calculator Thank you to many for providing feedback on previous drafts: James Bradbury (Anthropic), David Robertson (Tesla), Austin Vernon (Orca), Alec Stapp (Institute for Progress), Casey Handmer (Terraform), Jesse Peltan (The Abundance Institute), Shayle Kann (EIP), and Andy Lubershane (EIP), James McGinniss (David

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