Developed by researchers at New York University's Tandon School of Engineering, the project runs a web platform that is hosted on a dozen volunteer-run and solar-powered servers worldwide from the Caribbean to Africa to Australia. Overview's satellites will convert energy from the sun into safe, near-infrared light, and deliver it when and where it's needed on Earth. Energy is transmitted to receivers on Earth. The race to secure electricity for AI models has reached new heights: Meta has signed an agreement with the startup Overview Energy that could see a thousand satellites beam infrared light to solar farms that power data centers at night. Specifically, it plans to use wide-beam near-infrared lasers to continuously deliver. Researchers at NYU Tandon, including Tega Brain, affiliated with Connected Cities with Smart Transportation (C2SMART), Benedetta Piantella, member of the Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), and Alex Nathanson, have developed Solar Protocol, a project that offers a solution to how to limit. Overview Energy emerged from stealth today with a plan to use the world's solar panels as nighttime collectors of power beamed down from space.
