Buildings and Facilities
Operations
March 25, 2026
Prefab containerized data center co-located BTM at hydroelectric power station, mountain Georgia. Single 1 MW facility with 288 NVIDIA Rubin Ultra GPUs, $45M CAPEX, $1M annual OPEX, $0 electricity.
Primary Facility: HPP Co-located DC
Mountain Georgia · Elevation >1,000m · Behind-the-Meter at Hydroelectric Power Station
Prefab modular containerized data center, seismic-rated. 4 GPU racks housing 288 NVIDIA Rubin Ultra GPUs with InfiniBand NDR800 networking, 1.5 PB NVMe storage, and Direct Liquid Cooling powered by cold mountain river water (4–12°C year-round). Greenfield new-build, commissioning Q3 2028.
1 MW
BTM Power
288
GPUs
<1.11
PUE Target
$0
Electricity Cost
$1.0M
Annual OPEX
$45M
Total CAPEX
Infrastructure Stack
Compute
4× GR200 NVL72 racks @ 155 kW each
288 Rubin Ultra GPUs + 144 Grace CPUs
Peak: ~10.4 ExaFLOPS (FP8)
Network
InfiniBand NDR800 fat-tree topology
Dedicated fiber: $500K build + Starlink backup
Storage
All-NVMe · ~1.5 PB usable
Cooling
DLC + mountain river water
Winter: 4–6°C · Summer: 10–12°C
Passive free-cooling, gravity-fed intake
Power
1 MW BTM from HPP · No grid dependency
UPS: 200 kW critical load + GPU graceful shutdown
No transformer CAPEX required
CAPEX Breakdown — $45M Total
Compute (4× NVL72)
Networking (IB)
Storage (NVMe)
Cooling (DLC)
Civil / Prefab
Power Infra
Integration & Launch
Connectivity
Software & Licensing
Facility-specific infra (civil + fiber + power + cooling): $4.76M · Compute + IT: $33.9M
Annual OPEX — $1.0M / Year 1
$1.0M
per year
NVIDIA Hardware Maintenance
$400K
Insurance + Connectivity + Visits
$185K
Software Licenses
$150K
Remote NOC + Managed Ops
$120K
Fiber + Starlink Connectivity
~$60K
Electricity (BTM)
$0
Land & Facility Access — JV Structure (No Lease)
HPP Owner
Contributes: Land access, BTM power, electrical interconnection
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JV Entity
Separate legal entity per site. Georgian jurisdiction. Ring-fenced risk.
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1for.ai
Contributes: CAPEX ($45M), operational expertise, client relationships
Construction & Commissioning Timeline
Q1 2028
Site Preparation & Civil Works
Grading, foundations, container pads, fencing, fiber route construction
Q2 2028
Infrastructure Deployment
Power distribution, DLC cooling loop, river water intake, Starlink terminal
Q3 2028
Compute Installation & Beta
GPU racks, networking, storage, integration testing, beta workloads
Q4 2028
Commercial Launch
Full production, anchor client onboarded, 24/7 remote NOC operational
Post-launch
Expansion & Replication
Additional 1 MW facilities at other HPP sites, each as separate JV
Facility Risk Considerations
Seismic
Containers seismic-rated. Anti-vibration GPU mounts. Insurance coverage.
Environmental
River water permits required. Thermal discharge delta-T limits. Q1 2028 timeline.
Security
HPP perimeter + CCTV + electronic access. Remote mountain = natural isolation.
Single-Site
No geo-redundancy at launch. UPS graceful shutdown. Multi-site via expansion.
Land Ownership
HPP owner property. 1for.ai assets = containers + compute. Fully removable.
