The emergent grid

Every kilowatt
has a

Gridless runs compute beside renewable power plants in Africa. Communities get the power they need first. AI runs on the firm supply. Bitcoin buys everything left.

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What we do

The problem

A power plant needs a steady customer.

Local electricity demand can take years to grow. That makes good hydro, solar and geothermal projects difficult to finance. Gridless brings a customer that can arrive quickly, buy unused power and reduce its load whenever homes and businesses need more electricity.

Every kilowatt has a buyer. Community first. AI second. Bitcoin buys the rest.

Renewable power / Local demand / ComputeOne power system

How a Gridless site uses power

Three loads.
One power supply.

Power supply changes through the day. Community demand changes too. Gridless matches each part of the available power with a load that can use it properly.

GRIDLESS / POWER ORDERILLUSTRATIVE LOAD STACKCOMMUNITY FIRST

CommunityHomes and businesses

FIRST

AI computeUses the firm block

FIRM

Bitcoin miningBuys the variable remainder

FLEX

How we deploy

Two kinds of site.
One system.

Gridless is building two node types for different power and connectivity conditions.

01 / EDGE AI

FIRM POWER + FIBER

Edge AI Node

Firm renewable power and fiber for inference, local data hosting and workloads that require predictable uptime.

Data stays in-country
Predictable uptime
Sealed liquid cooling

VARIABLE POWER + FLEXIBLE CONNECTIVITY

Offnet Node

Renewable power and satellite or mobile connectivity for flexible batch work, supported by Bitcoin mining as the balancing load.

Jobs can stop and restart
Satellite or mobile backhaul
Mining fills the empty hours

02 / OFFNET

What comes next

Bitcoin only

Adding AI.

Gridless is building its first AI nodes and extending GridlessOS to manage hybrid workloads. AI adds a higher-value use for firm power. Bitcoin remains the flexible buyer for everything left.

OPERATING TODAYBitcoin

Profitable renewable-powered compute since 2022.

NOW BUILDINGAI nodes

First nodes for firm and flexible workloads.

CONTROL LAYERGridlessOS

Extending dispatch across hybrid workloads.

What is operating

Four years
in the field.

Gridless has run renewable-powered compute across six sites in three countries since 2022. The hard work is keeping computers running through heat, dust, difficult roads and changing power.

Bondo, Malawi

2,000+ new connections

Gridless became a steady customer for the local power plant as electricity access expanded around the site.

Kenya / Hydro

Tariffs reduced by one third

Community electricity tariffs were reduced by about one third at Kenyan hydro sites.

Zengamina, Zambia

30% of plant revenue

Gridless provides 30% of the power plant's revenue by buying electricity that would otherwise go unused.

Data location

Some African workloads cannot leave the country.

Others should not have to. Banks, telecoms, governments and local companies need compute close to their users and under local law. Gridless is building the operating network that can support those workloads.