B3N Frontier
What will more computing require from energy, water and data?
Frontier is an early research and venture-exploration effort. It is investigating how computing capacity can grow while accounting for the people and systems that already depend on power and water.
Current questions
Treat infrastructure claims as questions until the evidence is strong enough.
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Power
How can additional computing capacity be developed without ignoring homes, communities and other essential users of electricity?
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Cooling and water
Which cooling approaches fit the climate, water constraints and operating conditions of a specific place?
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Heat and flexibility
Where could waste heat be useful, or compute demand move to periods when energy is more available?
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Distributed infrastructure
When can smaller or distributed systems create practical advantages over a single concentrated facility?
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Data
How should provenance, quality and context be preserved in the systems that AI products depend on?
Useful collaboration
Bring evidence, facilities or a question worth testing.
Relevant collaborators may include researchers, universities, infrastructure operators, energy companies, technical founders and organisations with access to useful data or facilities.
A proposal should explain the question, the contributor's relevant work and what could be investigated together. Frontier does not present proposed research as completed research, or a possible pilot as operating infrastructure.
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