General compute, storage, and network core
Houses the sovereign compute and archival layer for the site. Populated with dual-socket EPYC / Xeon nodes, NVMe hot tier, and object-storage HDD tier. Serves as the S3-compatible landing zone for all client workloads and the anchor for Meridian's replication mesh.
- Racks
- 12 × 48U
- Compute
- Up to 384 CPU nodes
- Storage
- 10 PB NVMe · 100 PB HDD
- Uplinks
- 4 × 400 GbE redundant
Module 02
AI Compute Container
GPU / accelerator-dense supercomputer
Purpose-built for training and inference at rack-scale. Direct-liquid-cooled GB300 NVL72 and MI400X trays share a 45 °C secondary loop. Fabric is 800 GbE leaf-spine with InfiniBand XDR option for tightly-coupled HPC.
- Accelerators
- Up to 72 GPUs / rack
- Fabric
- 800 GbE + IB XDR
- Cooling
- DLC · 250 kW per rack
- Density
- 60 kW/rack sustained
Medium-voltage transformer and switchgear
Terminates the 25 kV utility feed, steps down through a dry-type transformer, and distributes through arc-flash-rated switchgear. Includes automatic transfer switch, protective relaying, and metering for utility, generator, and microgrid sources.
- Feed
- 25 kV · dual utility
- Transformer
- Dry-type · K-rated
- Switchgear
- Arc-flash rated
- Transfer
- ATS · <100 ms
Module 04
Battery Energy Storage
Li-ion BESS with microgrid interface
Provides ride-through, peak-shaving, and full islanding capability. Lithium iron phosphate cells with liquid-cooled racks and integrated fire suppression. Bidirectional inverters interface directly with the microgrid controller for renewable smoothing.
- Capacity
- 8 MWh / 4 MW
- Chemistry
- LFP
- Inverter
- Bidirectional PCS
- Islanding
- Black-start capable
Direct liquid cooling and free-cooling loop
Hybrid thermal plant with N+1 magnetic-bearing chillers, dry-cooler economizers, and plate-and-frame heat exchangers. Primary loop delivers 45 °C supply to compute; secondary loop supports heat reuse for adjacent facilities.
- Redundancy
- N+1 mechanical
- Supply
- 45 °C primary
- Economizer
- Free cooling <15 °C
- PUE Target
- 1.08
Fiber POP and edge routing
Diverse-path fiber entry consolidates into carrier-grade core routers with BGP peering to multiple ISPs. Segmentation, DDoS scrubbing, and SD-WAN edge live here, along with the tenant-facing service router for private connectivity.
- Paths
- Dual diverse fiber
- Peering
- Multi-carrier BGP
- Throughput
- 1.6 Tbps aggregate
- Latency
- <2 ms intra-site
Access control and surveillance hub
Central node for physical security: mantrap access, biometric readers, LiDAR + thermal perimeter, and AI-fused video analytics. Tamper sensors on every container flow into the same SIEM as network telemetry.
- Access
- Biometric + smartcard
- Perimeter
- LiDAR + thermal
- Video
- AI analytics fused
- SIEM
- Unified physical + cyber
Photovoltaic generation with tracking
Bifacial modules on single-axis trackers with MLPE monitoring at string level. DC-coupled into the BESS for maximum round-trip efficiency and dispatchable renewable output when insolation exceeds site load.
- Nameplate
- 2.0 MWp DC
- Modules
- Bifacial 550 W
- Tracker
- Single-axis
- Yield
- ~2.4 GWh / MWp / yr
SCADA-integrated utility-scale generation
Class II turbine coupled through a dedicated transformer and protection relays. SCADA telemetry integrates with the microgrid controller for real-time dispatch, curtailment, and predictive maintenance.
- Nameplate
- 3.6 MW
- Class
- IEC II
- Interconnect
- MV transformer
- Control
- SCADA + microgrid
Dual-path diverse carrier entry
Two physically diverse fiber conduits enter opposite sides of the site, terminating in separate hardened MPOEs. Prevents single-point-of-failure fiber cuts and enables active-active carrier bonding.
- Paths
- 2 · geographically diverse
- Entry
- Hardened MPOE × 2
- Media
- 144-strand SMF
- Design
- No shared conduit
25 kV medium-voltage utility feed
Primary source of grid power with dual-feed configuration from separate substations where available. Fully synchronized with on-site renewables and BESS through the microgrid controller for seamless bidirectional flow.
- Voltage
- 25 kV · 3-phase
- Feeds
- Dual (where available)
- Metering
- Revenue-grade bi-directional
- Sync
- Grid-tie + islanding
Module 12
Remote Operations Center
Aurora AI-Ops observability plane
Off-site NOC running Meridian's Aurora AI-Ops platform. Streams telemetry from every subsystem — power, thermal, network, security, renewables — with predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, and closed-loop remediation.
- Telemetry
- 10 s resolution
- AI Ops
- Anomaly + predictive maint.
- Coverage
- 24 / 7 / 365
- Response
- Closed-loop remediation