- Author
- Ben James
- Published
- 13 June 2025
- Kind
- Short personal blog post on a one-week hardware project
- Original
- benbyfax.substack.com/p/data-center-build
- Subject
- Systems and hardware
What it is
Ben James, who works in energy, wrote a short blog post about the project. It lists the team, the borrowed parts and the compute offered. It also gives a one-line reason for building it.
What it says
- The post says a team built a small off-grid solar data center in a week.
- It says the site runs 24/7 off grid, using batteries and Starlink.
- The post says the compute tent could dissipate 700W of heat.
- The author says solar, batteries and gas backup power data centers quickly and cheaply.
What evidence it gives
The post gives the author's account of one build. It has a few figures, such as 20 panels and 700W. It shows no performance data or costs. It links to a cost calculator that was not read.
Interests and limits
The post is short and written by the organizer. It reports no test of uptime or of the claimed economics. The claim about solar, batteries and gas is stated without support in the post. The article was read in full, but most reader comments were not loaded.