UK Company's Solar-Powered AI Lampposts in Nigeria
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- Published
- May 1, 2026
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- May 2, 2026
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Conflow Power Group partners with Katsina State in Nigeria to deploy 50,000 solar-powered smart lampposts, iLamps, equipped with NVIDIA chips for AI tasks. These lampposts form a distributed data center, handling lighter AI jobs like surveillance and facial recognition. The project generates revenue for the state by leasing processing power to AI firms, w…
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Conflow Power Group partners with Katsina State in Nigeria to deploy 50,000 solar-powered smart lampposts, iLamps, equipped with NVIDIA chips for AI tasks. These lampposts form a distributed data center, handling lighter AI jobs like surveillance and facial recognition. The project generates revenue for the state by leasing processing power to AI firms, with Conflow taking a 20% cut. The initiative aims to provide safer streets, free Wi-Fi, and crime prevention, while testing the techs potential
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