Stratum delivers GPU-ready data center infrastructure: a proprietary immersion-cooled design in 2 MW and 5 MW engineered blocks, on a vetted site or on yours. We describe it the only way worth doing: outcomes, with the numbers attached.
Three reasons, in the order they matter. First, necessity: AI hardware has outgrown air. Air cooling tops out around 40 kW per rack. AI racks want far more, and this design carries 100 kW per rack with no throttling. Second, the economics. Third, the calendar.
Two engineered designs exist: the 2 MW edge block and the 5 MW block. Everything larger is those blocks, repeated in phases. That is the point. Each phase is a known quantity. Each phase stands on its own economics. No phase waits on new engineering. And a single 2 MW block is a complete deployment in its own right, not a down payment on a campus. The design needs about one acre for every two megawatts.
| Tier | Basis | Indicative installed CapEx | Deployment window | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 MW edge | Engineered design | $28M | 6 to 9 months (design target) | Under one acre; fits industrial parcels and existing buildings |
| 5 MW block | Engineered design | $61.4M | 6 to 9 months (design target) | The core building block with dual-loop redundancy |
| 10 MW | Phased repetition | $122.8M | First block 6 to 9 months; campus phased | Two 5 MW blocks, phased |
| 25 MW | Phased repetition | $307M | First block 6 to 9 months; campus phased | Five 5 MW blocks, phased |
| 50 MW+ | Phased repetition | $614M | First block 6 to 9 months; campus phased | Campus scale by repetition of the designed block |
Directional estimates from conservative planning-grade assumptions. Engineered pro formas are prepared per site on request. Installed facility totals, not equipment-only figures; land and site acquisition are separate and site-specific. The 2 MW block runs a higher cost per MW than the 5 MW block because fixed power-plant and controls scope spreads over fewer megawatts. Figures are priced against a deliberately conservative, high-cost construction basis; engineered pro formas localize them.
The design default is an islanded microgrid: grid-forming battery storage with black start, dual-fuel generation, and roughly 14 days of on-site fuel. The utility connection stays normally open, there as insurance. That inverts the industry's biggest bottleneck. Most projects wait years in a utility interconnection queue; this design brings its own power plant instead. Bringing your own power plant has its own critical path: generation and storage lead times, gas supply, and air permitting are real workstreams, and our regional evaluation covers each one. Grid-primary operation is available where a site's power market makes it the better answer.
Two leases, in plain language. A space lease for the ground under you. A build-out you either own outright or finance through Stratum. No clever structures. Your CFO should be able to read the whole deal in one sitting.
Own your facility from day one. Direct clients commit through progress agreements tied to build milestones. Best when the capacity is core to your business and your capital position supports it.
Keep your capital in hardware. Stratum finances the build-out over a roughly ten-year term: one predictable payment alongside the space lease. Best when GPUs, not buildings, are where your money earns.
Why so fast? The design is finished before the site is chosen. Vendors are pre-sourced. Equipment is picked for availability, not just spec. So the sequence below runs as a pipeline, not a relay race, and every schedule is stated as a design target with the work behind it.