TechOps.AI
Compute

AI compute that pays rent to the place it sits in.

We develop, fund and operate campus-integrated edge AI facilities. We fund the capital. We do not ask the host for land value, utility capacity or balance sheet. The block is islanded, closed-loop and returns heat, water, compute and revenue to the campus that hosts it.

For universities
40 FT · 12.2 m8 FT8 FT 6 IN4-HR STORAGEPOWER ISLAND · SOFCDRY COOLERS1 MW BLOCK · 8 RACKS · 960 kW ITONE BLOCK · ARRIVES ON A TRUCK
One 1 MW-class block at true form factor: a 40-ft container with eight racks, its power island, storage and dry coolers beside it. Illustrative; skid sizes not to scale.

We fund

100% of capital cost, construction and operation.

We island

On-site solid-oxide fuel cells or linear generators. No grid interconnection request.

We return

Heat, distilled water, CO₂ to the greenhouse, in-kind compute and a revenue share to the host.

We stay

Long-duration compute agreements, not speculative capacity.

Our own spec

One 1 MW-class block

40-ft container · 8 racks · 960 kW IT · 1,152 kW facility load · islanded power · 4-hour storage

576 GPUs in a 40-foot container. Direct-to-chip liquid cooling. Fabricated off site, delivered on a truck, commissioned in months — and scaled from one rack to a campus on the same standard.

Zero
make-up water

Closed loop, no cooling tower, no evaporative loss.

~5,100 t
CO₂ displaced per year

Modeled against the regional grid average.

55 dBA
design target at the property line

No combustion, no turbine rumble.

0
grid capacity taken

The load never appears on the utility system.

Modeled estimates for one configuration on an assumed site. Every figure is site-specific and subject to validation — validation is a condition precedent, not a formality.

HEAT · HOT WATERDISTILLED WATER · COMPUTECO₂ TO GREENHOUSE1 MW · 40-FT CONTAINERPOWER ISLANDCAMPUSEVERY OUTPUT RETURNED
What the host contributes

Five things. None of them capital.

Land
3.0–4.4 acres of the campus
Fuel path
Gas lateral route and easement
Fibre path
Conduit and demarcation point
Thermal tie-in
Connection to campus heating loops
Authorisation
Board approval and AHJ support letters

Optional adders if a capacity study requires them: gas upgrade ~6 months; fibre upgrade 6–9 months.

Water

Closed loop in. Distilled water out.

01

Cooling loop

Direct-to-chip, closed loop. Sealed charge, topped off at service. Zero evaporative loss.

02

Heat rejection

Dry coolers, air-cooled. No cooling tower, no make-up water stream.

03

Fuel-cell exhaust

The electrochemical reaction produces water — condensed and recovered.

04

Recovered water

Returned to campus non-potable use: irrigation, cooling make-up, greenhouse.

A hyperscale evaporative facility of comparable IT load is modeled at 8,000+ litres a day; the closed-loop block under 800, with condensate recovered. Modeled estimates; validation is a condition precedent.

Power island

Same block. Three prime-power configurations.

CONFIGURATION A

Solid-oxide fuel cell

Fuel · Natural gas

  1. SOFC — electrochemical, no combustion
  2. Recovered heat · condensate recovered as distilled water
  3. Carbon capture on nitrogen-free exhaust · CO₂ to greenhouse
CONFIGURATION B

Solid-oxide fuel cell, renewable fuel

Fuel · Biogas / renewable natural gas

  1. Same SOFC array
  2. Recovered heat · distilled water
  3. Carbon capture · CO₂ to greenhouse
CONFIGURATION C

Linear generator

Fuel · Natural gas · biogas · hydrogen · propane

  1. Reaction-controlled compression ignition
  2. Recovered heat · ultra-low NOx
  3. Fuel flexibility and load-following; no water recovery

Solid-oxide modules are electrochemical — no combustion, no rotating turbomachinery, no blade-pass tone. The design target at the property line is 55 dBA, inside a typical municipal night limit. Illustrative schematic; site acoustic study is a condition precedent.

How the host participates

Three commercial structures. The host chooses its level.

01

Hosting only

Host provides land, fuel path and fibre. Developer funds and operates. Host receives in-kind compute allocation.

No host capital · no commercial exposure · simplest instrument

02

Hosting + aggregation

Host buys capacity wholesale on a long term and resells to its own users and partners, retaining the mark-up.

Host sets its own pricing · requires host credit and term commitment

03

Hosting + referral

Host introduces off-takers; developer contracts directly; host receives a share for the contract term.

No balance-sheet commitment · stacks with in-kind allocation

Allocation, wholesale rate and share percentages are set in the hosting agreement and shared under NDA. Neither structure requires host capital or an interconnection queue.

A site walk and a non-binding letter of intent.

Validation studies follow. Tell us the campus or site, the acreage, and whether there is a thermal loop to tie into.

Compute and power delivery is Numetal, a TechOps.AI company.

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