Ariel Ekblaw
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Exactly.
Don't cross that screen.
So the company that we work with, Overview Energy, is a flashlight from orbit.
So they're doing it with IR.
The amazing thing about infrared, the amazing thing about that is you can shine it on existing PV arrays on photovoltaic cells, solar panels, so you don't have to build new restricting infrastructure.
Oh, okay.
So it's not, and this is the trade-off.
You can have perfect piercing efficiency with microwave, or you can do IR.
I think it's probably the only way regulatory-wise on Earth to get this approved.
But then you do, you get attenuated by water vapor.
So you have to do it on a clear sky day, or you do it to a place in Australia or Arizona.
Or desert.
And interestingly, to connect the two topics, AI data centers and space-based solar power, this company, Overview Energy, that we work with, they just signed a deal with Meta to power Meta's AI data centers.
Not the O-rings.
We're a little sensitive in the space industry.
Blow a gasket, not an O-ring.
The meta deal is going to have space-based solar power power the AI data centers on the ground.
So they're not trying to do it in space, which solves some of those challenges we were talking about earlier.
Radiation, how do you handle the heat?
They're going to have the AI data center on the ground, but use 24-7 clean energy to power it.