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Field notes, not marketing
Everything here is written to be useful on a real site: measurement methods, sizing ranges, scheduling policy and the limits of what solar-powered compute can do.
12 articles
Energy-aware compute
What is energy-aware compute?
Energy-aware compute treats electricity availability, price and carbon intensity as first-class scheduling inputs alongside deadlines and priority.
Dr Alice Renwick · 7 min read
Local AI
How much power does a local AI node use?
A grounded look at idle draw, inference bursts and sustained load across compact, workstation-class and rack-mounted local AI hardware.
Marcus Adeyemi · 9 min read
Energy-aware compute
Solar-first AI workloads: what works best?
Some AI workloads shift comfortably into daylight hours. Others cannot. Here is a practical way to tell them apart.
Priya Raghavan · 6 min read
Solar and storage
Battery storage for local compute
Storage shifts energy in time. It does not create seasonal generation. What that means when you size a battery around a node.
Dr Alice Renwick · 8 min read
Local AI
The difference between local AI, edge AI and cloud AI
The three terms are used interchangeably and mean quite different things for latency, data control, energy and cost.
Marcus Adeyemi · 5 min read
Node operations
How to design a solar-aware workload policy
A workable policy is short, written down, and expressed in thresholds an operator and a scheduler can both act on.
Priya Raghavan · 7 min read
Grid and commissioning
Grid-connected solar and professional commissioning
Where the boundary sits between what a builder can safely assemble and what must be designed and signed off by qualified professionals.
Helen Voss · 6 min read
Node operations
Understanding AI-node heat, noise and cooling
Every watt into a node becomes heat in the room. Planning for it early avoids throttled hardware and unusable spaces.
Marcus Adeyemi · 6 min read
Energy-aware compute
How to measure energy per inference
A repeatable method for turning socket-level measurements into a per-request energy figure you can actually compare.
Dr Alice Renwick · 8 min read
Solar and storage
Solar and battery telemetry for developers
Where site energy data actually comes from, how often it updates, and how to handle gaps without misleading your scheduler.
Sam Okonkwo · 7 min read
Solana coordination layer
What should and should not be recorded on-chain?
A conservative framing of coordination data: identity anchors and service receipts yes, workload content and personal data no.
Helen Voss · 6 min read
Case studies
Building a responsible decentralised infrastructure pilot
How a small further-education college ran a six-week pilot node and what its final report actually concluded.
Priya Raghavan · 10 min read