Alan Sill
@alansill.bsky.social
Physics/cloud/data centers/HPC. This one's for personal viewpoints and technical stuff I find cool. I'm open to questions and try to reply to serious or interesting ones. Also at https://mast.hpc.social/@AlanSill and https://hpc.social Slack and Discord.
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ERCOT is on track to have ~135 GW of wind, solar and battery storage by 2027!
Incredible!
ERCOT provides about 90% of the electricity in Texas.
Here is the link to the ERCOT data: view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx...
Incredible!
ERCOT provides about 90% of the electricity in Texas.
Here is the link to the ERCOT data: view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx...
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
ERCOT is on track to have ~135 GW of wind, solar and battery storage by 2027!
Incredible!
ERCOT provides about 90% of the electricity in Texas.
Here is the link to the ERCOT data: view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx...
Incredible!
ERCOT provides about 90% of the electricity in Texas.
Here is the link to the ERCOT data: view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx...
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Good morning with good news: ERCOT (Texas) solar rose 36X, from 1 GW in 2017 to 36 GW in 2025!
Solar may be ~44 GW in 2026 & ~58 GW in 2027!
Battery capacity surged 15X from ~1 GW in 2021 to ~15 GW in 2025. It may be 24 GW in 2026 and 32 GW in 2027!
WOW!
H/T @douglewin.bsky.social
#energysky
Solar may be ~44 GW in 2026 & ~58 GW in 2027!
Battery capacity surged 15X from ~1 GW in 2021 to ~15 GW in 2025. It may be 24 GW in 2026 and 32 GW in 2027!
WOW!
H/T @douglewin.bsky.social
#energysky
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Good morning with good news: ERCOT (Texas) solar rose 36X, from 1 GW in 2017 to 36 GW in 2025!
Solar may be ~44 GW in 2026 & ~58 GW in 2027!
Battery capacity surged 15X from ~1 GW in 2021 to ~15 GW in 2025. It may be 24 GW in 2026 and 32 GW in 2027!
WOW!
H/T @douglewin.bsky.social
#energysky
Solar may be ~44 GW in 2026 & ~58 GW in 2027!
Battery capacity surged 15X from ~1 GW in 2021 to ~15 GW in 2025. It may be 24 GW in 2026 and 32 GW in 2027!
WOW!
H/T @douglewin.bsky.social
#energysky
I really enjoyed my time at #SC25. Thanks to everyone who stopped me in the halls, took time to talk with me about things you thought were important, or stopped by to visit us at the Texas Tech booth. It was a really enjoyable experience. Thank you!
November 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I really enjoyed my time at #SC25. Thanks to everyone who stopped me in the halls, took time to talk with me about things you thought were important, or stopped by to visit us at the Texas Tech booth. It was a really enjoyable experience. Thank you!
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The Package Management devroom is back at #FOSDEM’26, first time since FOSDEM 2018!
I’ll be camping there during the first half of Saturday, hope to see you there too.
Submission deadline for talk proposals is Monday 1 Dec’25.
All info via blog.ecosyste.ms/2025/11/06/f...
Please help by sharing!
I’ll be camping there during the first half of Saturday, hope to see you there too.
Submission deadline for talk proposals is Monday 1 Dec’25.
All info via blog.ecosyste.ms/2025/11/06/f...
Please help by sharing!
Call for Participation: Package Managers devroom at FOSDEM 2026
We are excited to announce the Call for Participation for the Package Managers devroom at FOSDEM 2026, taking place on Saturday, 31st January 2026 at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
blog.ecosyste.ms
November 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The Package Management devroom is back at #FOSDEM’26, first time since FOSDEM 2018!
I’ll be camping there during the first half of Saturday, hope to see you there too.
Submission deadline for talk proposals is Monday 1 Dec’25.
All info via blog.ecosyste.ms/2025/11/06/f...
Please help by sharing!
I’ll be camping there during the first half of Saturday, hope to see you there too.
Submission deadline for talk proposals is Monday 1 Dec’25.
All info via blog.ecosyste.ms/2025/11/06/f...
Please help by sharing!
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Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
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Tik tok, the clock is ticking…
Only 10 more days left to submit your talk proposal for the #HPC, Big Data, and Data Science devroom at #FOSDEM’26 !
hpc-bigdata-fosdem26.github.io
Same goes for pretty much all of the other devrooms BTW…
See fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
Only 10 more days left to submit your talk proposal for the #HPC, Big Data, and Data Science devroom at #FOSDEM’26 !
hpc-bigdata-fosdem26.github.io
Same goes for pretty much all of the other devrooms BTW…
See fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
FOSDEM'26 HPC, Big Data, and Data Science Devroom
FOSDEM'26 HPC, Big Data, and Data Science Devroom
hpc-bigdata-fosdem26.github.io
November 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Tik tok, the clock is ticking…
Only 10 more days left to submit your talk proposal for the #HPC, Big Data, and Data Science devroom at #FOSDEM’26 !
hpc-bigdata-fosdem26.github.io
Same goes for pretty much all of the other devrooms BTW…
See fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
Only 10 more days left to submit your talk proposal for the #HPC, Big Data, and Data Science devroom at #FOSDEM’26 !
hpc-bigdata-fosdem26.github.io
Same goes for pretty much all of the other devrooms BTW…
See fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
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See research-fosdem.github.io (the open research devroom) too, and I'm also interested in the funding devroom (lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fo...)
Open Research Devroom
research-fosdem.github.io
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
See research-fosdem.github.io (the open research devroom) too, and I'm also interested in the funding devroom (lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fo...)
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Nvidia's green500 dominance continues as France's Kairos super takes efficiency title
Nvidia's green500 dominance continues as France's Kairos super takes efficiency title
Nvidia CPUs and GPUs dominate the bi-annual leaderboard, but FP64 performance regressions leave its long term prospectives in doubt
SC25 There's a new efficiency champ at the top of the Green500 ranking of the world's most sustainable supercomputers.…
dlvr.it
November 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Nvidia's green500 dominance continues as France's Kairos super takes efficiency title
This is a disaster. www.hpcwire.com/2025/11/19/n...
New World Order Coming with New DOE Supercomputers - HPCwire
There’s a changing of the guard coming with the new leadership-class supercomputers that the Department of Energy is building at Argonne and Oak Ridge national laboratories. According to Jack Dongerra...
www.hpcwire.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This is a disaster. www.hpcwire.com/2025/11/19/n...
@jeffgeerling.com Nice to see you at the #SC25 converence. Here is a link to the RPi Warewulf provisioning work by Tim MIddlekoop of Internet2 that I mentioned: github.com/middelkoopt/...
GitHub - middelkoopt/piwulf: Warewulf on the Pi
Warewulf on the Pi. Contribute to middelkoopt/piwulf development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
@jeffgeerling.com Nice to see you at the #SC25 converence. Here is a link to the RPi Warewulf provisioning work by Tim MIddlekoop of Internet2 that I mentioned: github.com/middelkoopt/...
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🔌💡 Renewable energy is now the cheapest source of new electricity & battery costs are rapidly falling, solving intermittency issues
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7c_... #greensky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7c_... #greensky
How Does Renewable Energy Help Keep Costs Low?
YouTube video by Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
🔌💡 Renewable energy is now the cheapest source of new electricity & battery costs are rapidly falling, solving intermittency issues
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7c_... #greensky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7c_... #greensky
@glennklockwood.com and @willkill07.bsky.social in the house!
November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
@glennklockwood.com and @willkill07.bsky.social in the house!
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Global warming is like a human fever: https://nature.ly/4igz104
"If our body temperature spiked by 2°F in a very short period of time, which is exactly what the Earth's temperature has done, then we'd be feeling really achy." @katharinehayhoe.com for @axios.com
"If our body temperature spiked by 2°F in a very short period of time, which is exactly what the Earth's temperature has done, then we'd be feeling really achy." @katharinehayhoe.com for @axios.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Global warming is like a human fever: https://nature.ly/4igz104
"If our body temperature spiked by 2°F in a very short period of time, which is exactly what the Earth's temperature has done, then we'd be feeling really achy." @katharinehayhoe.com for @axios.com
"If our body temperature spiked by 2°F in a very short period of time, which is exactly what the Earth's temperature has done, then we'd be feeling really achy." @katharinehayhoe.com for @axios.com
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If you’re at #SC25, stop by the Texas Tech booth (130) or the University of Alabama booth (6829) to pick up your free hpc.social sticker!
Welcome to HPC.social!
A welcome to our high performance computing community!
hpc.social
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If you’re at #SC25, stop by the Texas Tech booth (130) or the University of Alabama booth (6829) to pick up your free hpc.social sticker!
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If you’re at #sc25 you can pick up a free hpc.social sticker at the University of Alabama booth (6829) or the Texas Tech booth (130) just by stopping by!
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
If you’re at #sc25 you can pick up a free hpc.social sticker at the University of Alabama booth (6829) or the Texas Tech booth (130) just by stopping by!
Made my day when @jeffgeerling.com stopped by the Texas Tech #SC25 booth to take a look at our x86 mini-clusters that run Warewulf, Ansible, Spack, and complete scientific #HPC applications with the same software stack as on our main clusters.
November 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Made my day when @jeffgeerling.com stopped by the Texas Tech #SC25 booth to take a look at our x86 mini-clusters that run Warewulf, Ansible, Spack, and complete scientific #HPC applications with the same software stack as on our main clusters.
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Quick reminder as you fly to/watch/participate in the extravaganza that is Supercomputing 25 St Louis, USA over the next few days.
This giant list of wicked dedicated humans made it all happen for you.
Enjoy the conf folks!
#humans
sc25.supercomputing.org/planning-com...
#hpc #sc25 #cloud #ai
This giant list of wicked dedicated humans made it all happen for you.
Enjoy the conf folks!
#humans
sc25.supercomputing.org/planning-com...
#hpc #sc25 #cloud #ai
SC25 Planning Committee • SC25
sc25.supercomputing.org
November 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Deadline for submissions for the 11th #HPC, #BigData, and #DataScience devroom at #FOSDEM26 (Brussels, Sat-Sun 31 Jan + 1 Feb 2026) is Mon 1 Dec 2025. Please see details below. Looking forward to another dynamic, exciting, packed session!
By annual tradition, the HPC, Big Data, and Data Science devroom will be part of FOSDEM again next year (Sat-Sun 31 Jan + 1 Feb 2026 in Brussels). \o/
Please help us spread the word, and/or submit a talk proposal by 1 Dec 2025.
All details available via hpc-bigdata-fosdem26.github.io 🍻
Please help us spread the word, and/or submit a talk proposal by 1 Dec 2025.
All details available via hpc-bigdata-fosdem26.github.io 🍻
FOSDEM'26 HPC, Big Data, and Data Science Devroom
FOSDEM'26 HPC, Big Data, and Data Science Devroom
hpc-bigdata-fosdem26.github.io
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Deadline for submissions for the 11th #HPC, #BigData, and #DataScience devroom at #FOSDEM26 (Brussels, Sat-Sun 31 Jan + 1 Feb 2026) is Mon 1 Dec 2025. Please see details below. Looking forward to another dynamic, exciting, packed session!
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November 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
P.S.: If you'd like to support our open-source projects including our jobs board, Slack/Discord/Mastodon, community map, weekly online chat, podcasts, community syndicated blog, discussion area, surveys, please click on one of the links below: github.com/sponsors/hpc... or github.com/sponsors/hpc...
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Dear all #HPC and #AI/#Quantum/#RCD and #Supercomputing folks and friends: It's just 3 years since we launched the survey.hpc.social/results/hpc-... that led to the creation of the multi-faceted set of resources of the hpc.social website and tools. This is just to say THANK YOU and see you at #SC25!
Welcome to HPC.social!
A welcome to our high performance computing community!
hpc.social
November 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Dear all #HPC and #AI/#Quantum/#RCD and #Supercomputing folks and friends: It's just 3 years since we launched the survey.hpc.social/results/hpc-... that led to the creation of the multi-faceted set of resources of the hpc.social website and tools. This is just to say THANK YOU and see you at #SC25!
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"Fossil demand has been flat for industrial energy since 2014, for buildings since 2018, for road transport since 2019, & may peak for electricity this year. 2/3 of countries have already seen peak fossil demand in end-use sectors, & half the world has seen a peak in fossil fuels for electricity."
The Electrotech Revolution | Ember
The annual slidedeck from Kingsmill Bond and the Ember Futures team unpacks how electrotech is rewriting the economics and geopolitics of energy.
ember-energy.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
"Fossil demand has been flat for industrial energy since 2014, for buildings since 2018, for road transport since 2019, & may peak for electricity this year. 2/3 of countries have already seen peak fossil demand in end-use sectors, & half the world has seen a peak in fossil fuels for electricity."
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I think there is a wave building on ground-source.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/ins...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/ins...
Inside the deal that’s making geothermal heat go mainstream in Toronto
Over the past decade, geothermal has gone from being installed in less than one per cent of new homes in Toronto to nearly 30 per cent this year, according to the Ontario Geothermal Association.
www.thestar.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I think there is a wave building on ground-source.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/ins...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/ins...
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The HPC Carpentry project is a community-driven lesson program to provide lessons to introduce students and researchers to high-performance computing. To express interest the project as instructors, lesson adopters, maintainers, or more, please fill out the survey at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
HPC Carpentry Community Survey
The HPC Carpentry project is a community-driven lesson program to provide lessons to introduce new students and researchers to high-performance computing (HPC). HPC Carpentry is reaching out to gather...
docs.google.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The HPC Carpentry project is a community-driven lesson program to provide lessons to introduce students and researchers to high-performance computing. To express interest the project as instructors, lesson adopters, maintainers, or more, please fill out the survey at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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above quote is from
NASA Staff Horrified at Plan to Throw Out Incredibly Specialized Science Equipment Like Garbage
NASA staffers are raising concerns over a dozen buildings on its Goddard Space Flight Center's campus in Maryland being emptied.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
above quote is from