The Study’s Reading List
Primary sources, with commentary and attribution to their authors.
United States Data Center Energy Usage Report
A starting point for US data center electricity use, with explicit scenarios. A national estimate does not establish available power at a particular substation.
Energy and AI
A global view of AI, electricity demand and supply. Useful for placing local scenarios in a wider energy system.
ASCEND · Space data center feasibility
The public findings of the ASCEND feasibility study. A reference for examining environmental assumptions, launches and orbital assembly.
ReAct · Synergizing Reasoning and Acting
The pattern of alternating reasoning and action. In the notes, it frames tool control and returning to evidence after each step.
AutoGen · Multi-Agent Conversation
A framework for coordinating agents, tools and human participants. Delegation is a design choice to compare with a simple pipeline.
PROV · Provenance of information
A vocabulary linking information to the entities, activities and actors that produced it. It structures an evidence trail without certifying a conclusion.
Map data: CommonGrid / Texture · ODbL ; Epoch AI · CC BY 4.0. Detailed provenance.