Real ESG benefits
Zai Node's unique GPU hosting model has genuine environmental, societal and governance benefits for many stakeholder groups
Alternative to big datacentres
Reduce the need for more large format, problematic DCs.
Reduce US big tech control
Be more in control of your AI, data and IP, not US big tech.
Using the power we already have …
60% of available power is unused
59% of Australia's power network is idle at peak; there's 80% over-allocation of power per premises; <15% of available power is used by commercial premises between 6pm - 8am; and 60-70% of solar is wasted.
Using the space we already have …
Instead of building more problematic datacentres, think of all the underutilised, wasted space we already have in buildings and homes.
Environmental benefits
Improving the environment
Think of the resources a current large format, new build datacentre requires. Distributed AI infrastructure, as an alternative to DCs, has these advantages:
Land footprint hugely reduced
Using the energy already available, not requiring "new power"
Novel heat reuse, reducing heating power needs
Limited water for cooling required
Reducing the need for new buildings
Encourgaing solar and batteries in existing buildings
Local compute avoids high energy global routing
Higher NABERS "green" ratings for owners
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societal benefits
Improving society
Reduced need for DCs
Additional income, reduced costs for home and building owners/tenants
Heat for homes and buildings, which may not have it
Access to local, private, affordable AI
Data sovereignty
Using local staff, suppliers and trades
Governance benefits
Improving governance
Better local privacy compliance
Less exposure to foreign, geopolitical risks
Local transparency and accountability
BY THE NUMBERS
Real ESG benefits from Zai Node's AI compute
Estimates based on one enterprise node with 8x NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, and CO2 reductions depend on energy source/s offset.
190GJ
Heat reuse for host pa
CO2 reduction pa
BY THE NUMBERS
Datacentre v Zai Node's distributed AI compute
See the comparison.
Description
Datacentre
Zai Node
Land required
Hectares
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Construction required
Yes - $20M/MW
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Construction risk (cost and time)
Yes
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Permits
Yes
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Community disruption
Yes
-
Time to compute available
3-5 years
2-4 weeks
Power required
New power
Existing power
Water cooling required
High (evapourative)
Lower (closed loop)
Heat offtake reuse
-
Yes
Noise
Yes
-
CO2 savings
-
>1,500 kg/kW/year
Scalability
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Yes, modular
Local, distributed AI compute demonstrates real ESG impact. Be a leader in responsible innovation.
A smaller carbon footprint. Stronger local community engagement. Safer, compliant and transparent data governance.