Datacenter Farm / Firm Behind-the-Meter Compute
Firm behind-the-meter gas compute requirements.
Synchronous inference clusters, persistent cloud GPU pods, and enterprise colocation modules cannot drop offline every time a single oil well shuts in for a rod pump change. When your workload requires firm behind-the-meter power, the gas supply must come from a multi-well central delivery point (CDP), a residue gas tap downstream of a processing plant, or a dry-gas gathering header with documented delivery pressure and reserve support.
Methane.Exchange screens out single-well flare pads for firm workloads and focuses on sites where fuel continuity, N+1 or N+2 prime generation footprint, low-latency fiber paths, and multi-year surface tenure can all be verified in writing before your team travels to the site.
Submit a firm BTM compute requirement
Related requirement guides: Curtailable & batch compute · Wellhead fuel spec & pad sizing · Sample qualification packet.
Send a firm BTM requirement
Tell us your net MW requirement, redundancy target, fiber latency bound, and operating term. We read it and reply by email or phone with one or two questions. Nothing goes to anyone else without your permission. Sending creates no obligation.
What to note in the description box:
- Target net MW at the compute boundary and whether you require N+1 or N+2 generator redundancy on the pad.
- Maximum acceptable round-trip fiber latency to a major carrier hotel (such as Dallas, Houston, Denver, or Ashburn).
- Minimum firm gas delivery term (such as 36, 60, or 120 months) and whether you need a utility backup interconnect path.
- Acoustic or air-permit constraints for your turbine or reciprocating engine package.