Field journal · Winter, 2031
a possible entry
i.
The compute exchange opened at six this morning. By seven, the week was gone.
ii.
Europe still runs about five percent of the world’s AI compute. Most of the new data halls are waiting for a grid connection.
iii.
Most of our requests are now routed abroad to be answered. The ones that must stay here wait for the night quota.
iv.
The school has a compute allotment now, like a heating budget. It runs out in February.
Field journal · Winter, 2026
There is still time to get more work from every watt.
Subnivean
an inference engineering lab