02 / Technology

Built like field infrastructure. Watched like a data centre.

Every site is engineered for uptime first. That means generator controls done in hardware, supervisory software that someone actually watches, and a communications stack that assumes the weather is not on our side.

Power control

ComAp controls the generators. No improvisation.

Generation packages run on ComAp InteliGen and InteliSys controllers. That covers synchronisation, paralleling, load sharing, safety shutdowns, and the export of clean telemetry to supervisory layers. When a site has more than one generator on site, they behave as a plant, not as two boxes on the same pad.

Protection, start-stop logic, and fuel curves are tuned to the gas we have, not to a generic datasheet. The goal is the highest practical runtime at the efficient load band.

Natural gas generator interior with controls visible.
Supervision

SCADA means someone is always looking.

Site telemetry, alarms, and trends stream into a SCADA view designed for operations, not dashboards. It brings together generator health, hash-rate performance, environmentals, and gas metering, so a single pane tells you whether the pad is earning, degrading, or needs a visit.

Alarming is tiered. Critical events page a person. Informational events get logged and reviewed. Every visit carries a checklist tied to recent data, not a gut feel.

Interior rack of mining units with power distribution.
The stack

What sits on every pad.

Power

Natural-gas generation

Modern reciprocating gensets sized for the available gas. Paralleling where it makes sense. Waste-heat and ambient cooling considered up front.

Controls

ComAp control platform

InteliGen and InteliSys controllers handle sync, paralleling, load sharing, and protection. Telemetry pushes into the supervisory layer.

Compute

Bitcoin & Kaspa miners

Current-generation ASICs deployed in purpose-built containers with managed airflow and power distribution. Firmware and pools actively tuned.

Comms

Starlink + UPS

Primary uplink on Starlink with UPS on critical comms. Cellular fallback where coverage permits. Remote control does not depend on a truck.

Metering

Gas + electrical metering

Gas volumes, composition, and BTU are metered at inlet. Power is metered at the bus. Every kWh is accounted for before it reaches a miner.

Compliance

NIA + regulatory alignment

Sites are commissioned with certified Noise Impact Assessments. Operations align with AER and AUC requirements and landowner expectations.

Mining container pre-commissioning on a wellsite pad.
Container deployment  /  pre-commissioning
Standards we refuse to cut

Things that quietly separate a site that lasts from one that does not.

Pad and matting before anything rolls in.

Access roads, turnarounds, and wood matting are done properly. Trucks, cranes, and service vehicles do not work around half-measures, and spring thaw does not strand the site.

Airflow designed for the climate.

Louvers, filtration, and inlet/outlet geometry are sized for the worst week of summer and the worst week of winter, not the nameplate ambient.

Cable management that survives a visit at night.

Power and data runs are labelled, routed, and secured. Whoever walks in next can identify what they are looking at without a tour.

Alarming that tells you what to do.

Events carry context, severity, and the expected response. Nobody should be chasing blinking lights to find out why the site is off.

Technical diligence

We welcome tough site questions.

Happy to walk through generator specs, SCADA schematics, uptime history, and commissioning documentation for a technical sit-down.