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SPAN's XFRA Turns Home Electrical Panels Into Distributed AI Data Centers

Executive Briefing

  • Reveals AI data center electricity consumption hit 485 TWh in 2025, projected to double to 950 TWh by 2030.
  • Introduces SPAN's XFRA system, housing 16 NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 GPUs per outdoor node installed at residential properties.
  • Leverages underutilized home electrical capacity to run AI inference workloads without new grid infrastructure.
  • Mirrors residential proxy network model used in web scraping, substituting compute power for internet bandwidth.
  • Offers homeowners discounted electricity, internet, and backup power in exchange for hosting compute nodes.
  • Targets gigawatt-scale distributed AI capacity by 2027, beginning with a 100-home proof-of-concept in 2026.