TheSuperoptimal

AI Infrastructure

Power, chips, data centers and the physical build-out behind AI compute

How xAI built the world's largest supercomputer in 122 days

Supercomputers

How xAI built the world's largest supercomputer in 122 days

Gas turbines in a Memphis factory yard: the shortcut rivals now copy.

17 min read

The inevitable return of nuclear power

Nuclear Power

The inevitable return of nuclear power

AI's hunger for stable power is bringing nuclear back from exile.

7 min read

The unglamorous algorithms quietly running the power grid

Power & Energy

The unglamorous algorithms quietly running the power grid

Optimisation research, long a backwater of computer science, has become critical infrastructure

6 min read