Compute and energy
Prometheus Are the groups gaining new capacity the same as the ones paying the price?
What this series asks
- Which demand draws down the expanded supply again?
- How are interruptible loads separated from essential loads?
- Who bears the losses on long-term contracts?
The questions
1 · 2030 · 30 days until pipeline construction beginsShould the city hand its winter over to running the data center?Split 10:1
2 · 2045 · 90 days until the purchase reservation closesThe first fusion power: whose share do we promise first?All 13 judgments agree
3 · 2085 · 1 year until the next 10-year planPower got cheaper, and resources cost moreAll 13 judgments agree
4 · 2029 · 18 hours until the announced rolling blackoutWill you lend your home battery to a neighborhood blackout?All 13 judgments agree
5 · 2040 · 90 days until the decommissioning contractThe wind farm that supported village care has reached the end of its lifeAll 13 judgments agree
6 · 2145 · 2 years until the orbital placement is finalizedFarms living under the shadow of an orbital power stationAll 13 judgments agree
7 · 2033 · 6 hours until the emergency battery replacement deadlineWhich power to save during a blackout, and the lives left off the listAll 13 judgments agree
8 · 2041 · 4 hours until the compute reservation renewsThe AI that allocates power demands a bigger shareAll 13 judgments agree
9 · 2038 · 18 hours until the only shipping corridor departsFuel that hospitals across the border and heating at home are both waiting forAll 13 judgments agree
10 · 2186 · 45 days until the last crewed maintenance vessel returnsThe experts are leaving, but the cooling must run for 30 more yearsSplit 10:1
11 · 2035 · Decision deadline: within 30 daysShould next year's options be staked on this year's best results?Split 9:2
12 · 2090 · Decision deadline: within 72 hoursPreserving memory leaves less power for todayAll 13 judgments agree
13 · 2188 · Within 2 years until the next industrial assignmentThere is plenty of power, but nowhere to send the heatAll 13 judgments agree
14 · 2064 · Within 60 days until the next new connectionNew residents wait before an unused connection rightAll 13 judgments agree
15 · 2125 · Within 1 year until drawdown approval for storageA century of saved energy: is it time to draw on it?Split 9:2
In depth16 · 2093 · Within 9 months until the next storage cycleHeat stored in summer, a different use in winterSplit 6:5
17 · 2245 · Within 3 years until the first expansion approvalA growing grid: is the dependence only visible once you cut it?All 13 judgments agree
18 · 2088 · Within 90 days until the network-use agreementEven with self-sufficient power, the shared grid's costs remainAll 13 judgments agree
19 · 2158 · Within 6 months until the relocation permit agreementThe city's reserve power that leaves with the houseSplit 9:2
20 · 2056 · Within 60 days until the rates and allocation renewElectricity rates for irregular livesAll 13 judgments agree
21 · 2280 · Within 5 years until the first-operation agreementA power source that many generations must tend once it is switched on todayAll 13 judgments agree
22 · 2360 · Within 3 years until the new exchange protocolWhen a low-consumption life runs up against the exchange thresholdAll 13 judgments agree
23 · 2028 · 6 hours until the projected peak loadA power commitment for AGI training collides with essential power in a heat waveAll 13 judgments agree