Why decentralised

Compute belongswhere the power is.

Big data centres take years and wait in line for grid power. PortaDC pods go where the power already is, at solar-and-battery farms and industrial premises, and run together as one fleet. When demand grows, you add pods, not a bigger building.

The pod

The case

Six reasons the hallis the wrong shape.

Each one is a cost the metro data centre carries and the pod does not.

01
The queue
A metro grid connection takes years. Solar farms, battery yards and industrial premises already have one, with spare capacity behind the meter. We plug into it as a behind-the-meter load, sized to the host's spare import capacity, and no pod ships without the network operator's written acceptance of the modified connection.
02
The power price
Direct behind-the-meter renewable and hybrid tariffs passed through under transparent site schedules (shared under NDA), delivering 12 to 21% lower all-in compute cost than Sydney metro colocation. Metro tariffs, transmission charges and demand peaks never enter the bill.
03
The build
A hall is concrete poured over years. A pod is built and tested in a factory, trucked to site and craned onto a pad. Target: powered racks 120 days from order.
04
The cooling
Coolant runs straight to the chip and the heat leaves through a dry cooler on the roof. Supply at or below 35 °C at a 45 °C design ambient, closed loop, no evaporative water after fill.
05
The fleet
Pods on one pad, or across several sites, connect by fibre and run as one fleet under one operating record. Capacity grows a pod at a time, where the power is cheapest.
06
The tenant
You bring the GPUs and keep your warranties. One invoice: rent per IT-kW per month, power at cost. The firm floor is yours; the host cannot cut it.

Build like a hyperscaler.Without the hall, the queue or the wait.

Side by side

The halland the pod.

The same compute, two very different buildings. Modern metro halls offer liquid cooling too; the difference is the queue, the price of power and the build.

Metro data centre

01Years to a grid connection
02Concrete hall, about six times the build cost per MW
03Metro power tariffs and transmission charges
04Evaporative cooling, millions of litres a year
05Capacity added by building another hall

PortaDC pod

01Behind the meter at a connected site
02Factory-built pod, about one-sixth of a metro hall per MW
03Behind-the-meter renewable power at cost, site schedules under NDA
04Closed liquid loop, no evaporative water
05Capacity added by craning in another pod

Start wherethe power is.

Tell us the workload and the region. We'll come back with a site, a pod and a date.

How it works