Jake Elder
Senior Vice President of Research and Innovation at Energy Impact Partners, focused on the built environment and data center energy issues, with expertise in grid constraints and alternative compute pathways.
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Mar 12, 2026 • 43min
AI scaling pathways: on grid, on edge, off grid, off planet
Jake Elder, SVP of Research and Innovation at Energy Impact Partners, specializes in built environment and data center energy issues. He walks through four compute pathways: on grid, on edge, off grid, and off planet. Short takes cover grid transmission limits, edge scalability doubts, engineering reliability for off-grid sites, and the physics and feasibility of orbital data centers.
