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- #solar-power
- #Kardashev-scale
- #AI-scaleup
- Humanity can achieve Kardashev Level 1 by leveraging solar and battery power for AI scaleup, eliminating reliance on gas turbines.
- Pure solar+battery AI data centers offer advantages like no grid connection, no emissions, and simplified infrastructure.
- Optimizing tokens per dollar shows that pure solar+battery systems can be cheaper and more efficient than gas-hybrid systems.
- GPU frequency modulation allows for power savings, improving utilization to ~99.7%.
- Space-based AI is feasible, with benefits like simplified regulation and continuous solar exposure, but faces challenges like launch costs and hardware degradation.
- Ground-based solar AI is more practical due to cheaper batteries, easier maintenance, and lower latency.
- Kardashev Level 1 can be reached by paving Earth's land with solar panels or utilizing orbital solar arrays.