FAQ

Let us know if you have any questions. You may find the answer to some questions in the FAQ below.

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Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

General

Yes, we are happy to give you feedback whether the Cloud Unit is a good solution for your use-case. We are looking for compute customers and heat recipients. Are you both? Then we will give a discount.

We understand this initial reaction. The Cloud Unit has been meticulously engineered with security as the foremost priority. While we can't divulge every detail of our security measures, we can certainly provide enough information to offer reassurance that the Cloud Unit is even more secure than most Data Centers and vaults. There are three key aspects to highlight:

  1. Detection: Our Cloud Unit is equipped with an array of surveillance sensors, including optical (camera), pressure, and vibration sensors. This comprehensive system enables us to detect any unauthorized attempts to approach, touch, or tamper with the unit. Even in the event of a power outage, our emergency battery ensures continuous surveillance.
  2. Enforcement: We maintain direct communication channels with local law enforcement and security agencies. Upon detection of any potential threat, swift alerts are issued to these authorities, ensuring a rapid response to mitigate any risks.
  3. Prevention: The wall is constructed from robust stainless steel, thermal isolation and reinforced concrete. Furthermore, the unit is secured with multiple internal locking mechanisms which can only be unlocked remotely, rendering it impervious to unauthorized access. Even attempts to breach the unit using power tools would be significantly thwarted, thanks to these formidable security measures.
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In summary, these are just a few of the stringent security measures we have implemented. Depending on your specific requirements, we are fully prepared to collaborate and further augment security protocols, tailoring them to your unique needs while seamlessly integrating with existing local security frameworks.

Heat recipient customer

(Short answer) A full Cloud Unit has two 1000 liter heat storage tanks. But depending on the customer requirements the heat storage tanks can be doubled to 2000 liters or reduced to 500 liters.

(Long answer) To calculate the heat storage capacity we use the following formula:

  • 2000 liter storage tank, deltaT=30 Kelvin: Q = 2000 kg * 4186 J/Kg*Kelvin * 30 Kelvin / 3600000 = 69.76 kWh
  • 1000 liter storage tank, deltaT=30 Kelvin: Q = 1000 kg * 4186 J/Kg*Kelvin * 30 Kelvin / 3600000 = 34.88 kWh
  • 500 liter storage tank, deltaT=30 Kelvin: Q = 500 kg * 4186 J/Kg*Kelvin * 30 Kelvin / 3600000 = 17.44 kWh
We determine the optimal size of the heat storage tanks for each use-case. Some of the variables that we take in account are the temperature difference, heat loss and available space.

We have build our own heat exchanger that is optimized for the Cloud Unit. Depending on the type of heat recipient we can make a directly connection or use an intermediate heat exchanger.

Outdoors, computing in an outdoor environment offers significant advantages over both cloud-based and on-premise data centers:

  1. Eliminates the need for air conditioning or fire prevention systems.
  2. Maximizes indoor space utilization by eliminating the need for server housing indoors.
  3. OutdoorCompute can conduct maintenance without disrupting your operations.

This approach promotes environmental sustainability and cost-effectiveness compute.

We have different solutions depending on the setup. The main strategies are:

  1. reducing the amount of compute power in a Cloud Unit.
  2. use the waste heat for an additional useful purpose or dissipating heat into the environment.
We encourage our customers to reuse as much waste heat possible. And work together to find new solution to prevent inefficient usage of energy.

In general subartic or maritme climates are ideal. The Cloud Unit can be used anywhere where the waste heat can be reused for a useful purpose.

This depends on the inlet temperature. But in general we can set any outlet temperature between 20 and 55 degrees Celsius. See specification for more information.

A fiber connection is ideal with a bandwidth of 1 to 2Gbps.

A heat pump is for some use-cases a great solution. The down side of solutions like a heat pump is that they are less efficient when the heat is needed (autumn, winter, spring). The Cloud Unit works in reverse, in the cold periods when the heat is needed the Cloud Unit works most efficient. Also a heat pump costs money to operate, and the Cloud Unit generate a return by selling compute power which generates the heat.

We provide a cloud service. Hence you do not have to and can to touch the hardware. We will replace failed parts and maintain the whole Cloud Unit.

Compute customer

  1. The Cloud Unit does not require expensive additional systems to operate. On-premise, co-location or cloud datacenters need a building, local staff, air-conditioning, fire prevention etc.
  2. Waste heat of the Cloud Unit is reused for a useful purpose.
  3. Energy efficient. The Cloud Unit is placed directly at location where heat is needed. Eliminating pipes to transfer the heat over long distances.

Yes, we take a shared responsibility with the you to achieve the maximum level of security. We monitor the status and physical surrounding of the Cloud Units. When a trigger is breached we contact the authorities to take the required action. We also have many other additional security measures.

Yes, two options for cloud level reliability:

  1. Virtual Cloud Unit (idle): If the physical Cloud Unit is not reachable you can switch automatically to the Virtual Cloud Unit in the cloud.
  2. Cloud integration: Effortlesss integrate the Cloud Unit with cloud (eg ServiceBus Queue). Seamless transition if Cloud Unit becomes unavailable.

Almost any language can run on our systems like: Python3, .NET, Go or Rust. Contact us if you want to know if your programming language is support.

We support almost any GNU/Linux or BSD distribution.