'Mini Data Centers'

Added: 2026-05-11

[00:00:00]Guys, I have amazing news. You can get your own mini data center. New startup company will put mini data centers on the side of residential homes all over America. Let's watch the video because I'm a bit worried that I will be reading all this stuff and then it will turn out that it is just the text from the video.

[00:00:20]Wouldn't I look foolish then?

[00:00:21]>> Well, Andrew, it's an unlikely partnership. SPAN, which is a small startup that makes smart home electrical panels, is teaming up with Nvidia and Pyroup, a major US home builder. SPAN is now making small fractional data centers, or they call them nodes, that can be put on the side of residential homes. The idea is to take advantage of unused electrical capacity on local grids, which the span smart panels can find. Now, a network of these nodes talking to each other across the country is about the equivalent of a midsize traditional data center. So, these could negate the need to build as many hyperscalers and AI cloud providers just tap into the node network like a regular data center. Now, SPAN collaborated with Nvidia using its technology in the system. SPAN claims it can install 8,000 of these units about six times faster and at five times lower cost than the construction of a typical centralized 100 megawatt data center of the same size. Now, PY Homes is in the early testing phase with these systems which they have already deployed in a handful of communities. Now, why would a homeowner want this? Well, because they would just have to pay one flat fee for electrical and Wi-Fi, which Span said would be roughly 150 bucks total. So, a lot less than everybody's normal electric bill. So, for much more on this story, as well as my latest podcast with the CEO of a company that is deploying $100 million to put home closings on the blockchain, it is all in this week's Property Play newsletter. Not going to lie, when I just saw this, I thought that they will give you mini data centers, meaning like solar city panels.

[00:02:05]If you want to, you can get some. Of course, only now I understand that who would actually need so much compute. I mean, there are people who would, but most of the people definitely would not need it. But no, they put this data center in your house and they use their compute. Why would you do that again? Me telling the local meattheads about all the precious metals that can be found in a data center. Excuse me, we are not meattheads. We are meat bags. Please use official terminology of the AI future.

[00:02:35]Okay, let us think this out. They offer $150 credit on electricity to piggyback on your system. Then they raise rates even more until it is virtually impossible to afford your bill without one. In the end, everyone pays more. And who knows what Nefario thinks they are doing with the data center. No, they wouldn't do something like this. It would be unfair and not nice. I'm sure there are some health benefits they are not mentioning. You get discounted power bills, free battery backup, optional solar. They get distributed AI compute at five times lower cost than at traditional data center deployed six times faster. This is the biggest shift in AI infrastructure since the cloud.

[00:03:19]Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. Your mortgage basically pays for itself.

[00:03:24]Wait, isn't this the guy who works at JP Morgan? Homes will come with built-in computer like central air, heating, solar, etc. Solar wouldn't be that bad.

[00:03:34]Yo, Grock.

[00:03:35]>> Hey, what's good?

[00:03:36]>> So, I heard that Nvidia and some company are collaborating to put data mini data centers on people's homes. Have you heard about it?

[00:03:45]>> Yeah, it's SPAN, a startup making smart electrical panels. They're teaming up with Nvidia and homebuilder PY groupoup to install these small XFRA nodes, basically mini AI data centers on the side of houses. They use unused power from the home's grid connection powered by Nvidia's Blackwell GPUs. Homeowners get the hardware free, plus perks like lower bills or credits in return. It's still in early testing in few communities, aiming to scale fast without building giant data centers everywhere. Pretty wild idea.

[00:04:11]>> I think it's awesome. Do you think I should get one in my community?

[00:04:14]>> It's a cool concept, but it's still super early. just pilots starting later this year in a few new PY groupoup communities, mostly southwest like Arizona or Nevada. Not something you can just grab for your existing house right now. If your community's got new PY homes being built, ask about it. You get the gear for free. A smart panel, battery backup, and discounted electricity, internet, and exchange.

[00:04:34]That could be a nice perk, but I'd wait for real world feedback on noise, heat, reliability, and how the contract works before jumping in. Too new to know all the gotchas yet. I just got to say that having your own mini AI data center sounds amazing. I can't wait to get one.

[00:04:50]>> I feel you. Having a little Blackwell beast humming in your garage does sound kind of badass. Just remember, it's not your personal AI playground. These things are rented out to run cloud workloads for whoever's paying Nvidia.

[00:05:00]You're basically hosting someone else's compute and getting paid in electricity credits. Still cool, just not quite your own private gro running 24/7. Don't we all want a little blackwell beast humming in your garage?