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  1. Catalyst · 12 Mar 2026 AI scaling pathways: On grid, on edge, off grid, off planet with Jake Elder, senior vice president of research and innovation, Energy Impact Partners If demand for compute keeps climbing, which ways of siting and powering data centers can actually scale: large grid-connected sites, small sites at the edge, off-grid sites, or data centers in orbit?
  2. Catalyst · 10 Aug 2023 Beaming 24/7 solar from space with Sanjay Vijendran, lead for the Solaris initiative on space-based solar power, European Space Agency Is beaming solar power down from orbit a serious energy option, or is it still science fiction?