Right, task number one, let’s get more energy. We can talk about efficiency all we want but cooling and optimization can only get you so far. We’ve got 250 MW facilities, we need 4x that. The best way would be to generate more of it right there next to the servers. This is on-site power generation. This gets around the problem of needing to upgrade the grid, which we will get on to, you can build reliable and carbon-friendly capacity and if you sell it right, you can contribute to national energy independence without having to rely on Russia and others. If globalization taught us anything it is that globally interconnected supply chains are a bad thing and we are all the poorer for it. Anyway, how to make loads of electrons? Three words: Small. Modular. Reactors. Also fuel cell systems, and concentrated solar power with thermal storage.

Opportunites

Small modular reactors (SMRs)

Fuel cell systems (WIP)

Concentrated solar power (CSP) with thermal storage

Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) (WIP)

Nuclear fusion

Microturbines for combined heat and power