There was a 110 year increase of 1000 times in world electricity from 1915 WW1 levels to today. The Industrial revolution increased the world economy by 100 times and increased electricity from nothing but after the first 25 years of establishing electricity increased it by 1000X.
Only about 1% of global electricity is used for AI right now. ~200 TWh. 500 TWh for all data centers.
The path is clear to use SpaceX Starship to have 3000-5000 launches per year and the mass production of 1 million satellites to achieve 1000 times the current level of electricity for AI within fifteen years.
100 GW per year for ten years would add 8000 TWH over a decade (Adding all current annual world energy additions every year)
300 GW per year for ten years would add 24000 TWH over a decade (World electricity every 10 years)
The 300 GW per year level would be over 10 times the 200 TWh used for AI this year. This will be part of trend to scale artificial general intelligence and superintelligence to what will feel like a century of progress and transformation.
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