Site-based control

A method comprising:

• presenting, in a user interface, a first display indicating membership of a plurality of computing devices in a first site,
• wherein each of the plurality of computing devices comprises a plurality of integrated circuit (IC) chips configured to perform a common type of computation in parallel with one another,
• wherein the plurality of computing devices of the first site are configured to receive power through a common grid-facing meter;
• receiving, in the user interface, user inputs indicating a division of the plurality of computing devices into a first group of computing devices and a second group of computing devices,
• receiving, in the user interface, a first user input indicative of a site-specific power plan for the first site, wherein the site-specific power plan comprises a constraint applicable to the plurality of computing devices;
• receiving, in the user interface, a second user input indicative of a first group-specific objective for the first group of computing devices;
• receiving, in the user interface, a third user input indicative of a second group-specific objective for the second group of computing devices, wherein the first group-specific objective is different from the second group-specific objective;
• controlling the plurality of computing devices to perform the common type of computation in parallel with one another, based on the site-specific power plan, the first group-specific objective, and the second group-specific objective;
• receiving, through the user interface, a fourth user input indicating that a first computing device is re-assigned from the first group to the second group;
• and
• based on the re-assignment, determining updated computational parameters based on which the plurality of computing devices are controlled.

A method, comprising:

• determining a site-specific power plan for a first site, wherein the first site comprises a plurality of computing devices,
• wherein each of the plurality of computing devices comprises a plurality of integrated circuit (IC) chips configured to perform a common type of computation in parallel with one another,
• wherein the plurality of computing devices are configured to receive power through a common grid-facing meter, and
• wherein the site-specific power plan is determined based on real-time data characterizing an electrical grid from which the common grid-facing meter receives electricity;
• obtaining a first group-specific objective for a first group of computing devices of the plurality of computing devices, and obtaining a second group-specific objective for a second group of computing devices of the plurality of computing devices, wherein the first group-specific objective is different from the second group-specific objective;
• determining computational parameters of the plurality of computing devices based on the first group-specific objective and the second group-specific objective, subject to one or more constraints corresponding to the site-specific power plan,
• wherein a computational parameter of the first group of computing devices is different from a corresponding computational parameter of the second group of computing devices;
• and
• controlling the plurality of computing devices to perform the common type of computation using the determined computational parameters.

A method comprising:

• presenting, in a user interface, a first display indicating membership of a plurality of computing devices in a first site,
• wherein each of the plurality of computing devices comprises a plurality of integrated circuit (IC) chips configured to perform a common type of computation in parallel with one another,
• wherein the plurality of computing devices of the first site are configured to receive power through a common grid-facing meter;
• receiving, in the user interface, user inputs indicating a division of the plurality of computing devices into a first group of computing devices and a second group of computing devices,
• receiving, in the user interface, a first user input indicative of a site-specific power plan for the first site, wherein the site-specific power plan comprises a constraint applicable to the plurality of computing devices;
• receiving, in the user interface, a second user input indicative of a first group-specific objective for the first group of computing devices, wherein the second user input comprises a function to be optimized for the first group-specific objective;
• receiving, in the user interface, a third user input indicative of a second group-specific objective for the second group of computing devices, wherein the first group-specific objective is different from the second group-specific objective;
• and
• controlling the plurality of computing devices to perform the common type of computation in parallel with one another, based on the site-specific power plan, the first group-specific objective, and the second group-specific objective, wherein controlling the plurality of computing devices comprises controlling the first group of computing devices based on optimization of the function.