Solar Austin LLC
SUMMARY
Problem: Large scale data centers use too much electricity for simple tasks like analyses Austin City Council and Austin Energy data
Solution: Use Open Source AI models installed on local computers powered by solar panels
Financial impact: $30/month AI fee is eliminated
Who Pays: Solar Austin. For this test a colleague provided Mac Mini M4
Stakeholders: David Levesque, Solar Austin Board
PROBLEM
Enhances Solar Austin data analysis.
Reduces Solar Austin time to understand data and formulate plans.
Enhances Solar Austin ability to reach out to commodity including Austin citizens and businesses.
SOLUTION
Used Open source software to install AnythingLLM on donated Mac Mini M4. Not clear how long computer will be available. Cost: $0
For a long term solution the Mac Mini would cost around $900. Which would eliminate a monthly $30 fee for an AI tool like ChatGPT or Claude.
TEAM
Leader: Jeff Pape
Help from Google Gemini
QA: David Levesque
INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION
Motivation: Enhances Solar Austin team data analysis
Inspiration: Enhances Solar Austin ability to formulate plans
NEXT STEPS
Add more data to AnythingLLM.
Locate more permanent computer to host LLM.
Update software as needed.
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