Each 50 kW cabinet generates two-tier colocation revenue from BYOS tenants while delivering recovered heat to the host property. Zero capex. Zero operational burden. Hosts are partners, not customers.
50 kW BYOS cabinet · 70% base @ $150/kW · 30% premium @ $180/kW · 8% debt, 7-year · v0.4 model
MicroLink Edge installs a 50 kW liquid-cooled compute cabinet into a hotel's existing mechanical room. The cabinet runs on a three-loop architecture that keeps the SPV's facility fluid completely isolated from the hotel's hot water system — a plate heat exchanger forms the boundary. A dry-cooler fallback ensures 100% heat rejection if the host loop is unavailable.
MicroLink surveys the mechanical room for space, power access, and thermal loop compatibility. A 50 kW cabinet requires roughly 16 sq ft. Most mid-scale hotels qualify on the first pass.
Our team designs the plumbing integration, installs the cabinet, connects the CDU and plate heat exchanger to the hotel's DHW loop, and commissions the Niagara JACE monitoring system.
BYOS (bring-your-own-server) tenants fill the cabinet bays. Anchor-tier capacity (30 kW) covers OPEX from day one. Free-capacity tier (20 kW) is GPU-anchored and drives margin.
The hotel's hot water system receives recovered thermal energy at no cost. The property also receives a $400/month performance payment. MicroLink owns and operates all equipment — zero burden on hotel staff.
The MicroLink Control System monitors every cabinet in the fleet remotely — temperature, leak detection, coolant chemistry, power draw, and uptime. Issues are resolved before the hotel is aware of them.
MicroLink Edge installs, owns, and operates all equipment. The hotel provides a mechanical room location and utility access. Everything else — hardware, maintenance, monitoring, insurance — is the SPV's responsibility.
No equipment to buy, no contracts to manage, no staff time required. MicroLink bears all capital expenditure, operational risk, and maintenance obligations.
Compute waste heat is recovered directly into the hotel's domestic hot water system via a plate heat exchanger. Hotels consume hot water 24/7 — guests, laundry, kitchen, pool. The recovered heat is worth $6–12K per year.
The hotel receives $400 per month — $4,800 per year — as a performance payment from MicroLink. No revenue-share complexity, just a clean recurring payment.
The host's energy bill never goes up. If thermal recovery doesn't fully offset the power consumed, MicroLink makes the hotel whole. The principle is simple: your costs cannot increase because of us.
Industrial symbiosis converts compute waste heat into a productive resource. Properties reduce their gas consumption, lower their carbon footprint, and gain a credible sustainability story for guests and franchise reporting.
The three-loop architecture keeps MicroLink's facility fluid completely separate from the hotel's hot water. Compute networks are air-gapped from property systems. No cybersecurity exposure to hotel IT infrastructure.
| What the hotel provides | What MicroLink provides | What the hotel receives |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanical room space (~16 sq ft) | 50 kW liquid-cooled cabinet (owned by SPV) | Recovered heat → free hot water |
| Utility access (power, plumbing hookup) | Installation, commissioning, all labour | $400/mo performance payment |
| Site coordination (one-time, pre-install) | 24/7 remote monitoring & maintenance | Zero operational burden |
| Nothing ongoing | All insurance, legal, compliance | Zero capex, zero risk |
Every 50 kW cabinet earns USD 3,021 net cash per month after 8% debt service. On USD 25,000 of loaded equity per site, that is 145% cash-on-cash in year one. Payback in 8.3 months.
| Case | Blended rate | Monthly profit | Payback | CoC Y1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | $140/kW | $1,392 | 18 mo | 67% |
| Base ✦ | $159/kW | $3,021 | 8.3 mo | 145% |
| Optimistic | $172/kW | $4,150 | 5 mo | 199% |
Choice Hotels International has verbally agreed to formalise a partnership once the MicroLink Edge team is fully assembled. This is the cornerstone of our Phase 1 deployment strategy — not aspirational pipeline, but a conditional commitment from the world's largest mid-scale hotel franchise.
Partnership Status · Verbal Agreement In PlaceAt 500 properties, Choice receives $480K–$1.38M per year via a per-site MSA fee — recurring technology revenue requiring zero capex from Choice.
Hotel owners gain a new $400/month revenue stream plus free hot water — real economic value that strengthens their relationship with the Choice brand.
Distributed waste heat recovery across hundreds of properties creates a credible, measurable sustainability narrative for Choice Hotels at the brand level.
MicroLink routes through Choice's Qualified Vendor programme and renovation cycles. No new processes, no new procurement infrastructure required from Choice.
Choice becomes the first major hotel franchise to operate distributed edge compute at property scale — a brand differentiation story that compounds over time.
Cambria, Comfort Inn, Quality Inn, Sleep Inn, Clarion, WoodSpring Suites, MainStay, Radisson brands, and others — spanning premium to extended-stay segments.
Minnesota has the highest natural gas tariffs in the US, a 7+ month heating season, and a deep hospitality network — maximising thermal offset value and accelerating payback from day one. Secondary markets (Chicago, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City) launch in parallel as the fleet scales.
MicroLink Edge is led by operators with direct experience in hotel procurement, distributed infrastructure, and thermal engineering — the three disciplines this business requires.
Former Senior Director of Strategic Sourcing at Choice Hotels International (July 2023). 25+ years in property management and hospitality procurement. Direct relationships with Choice Hotels franchisees across 7,500+ properties. Founded and operated Svedahl Property Management — ~100 apartment units in Minneapolis. MBA in Finance & Information Systems; BA in Economics & Spanish, University of Minnesota.
Designed the MicroLink Edge technology stack, thermal integration methodology, three-loop architecture, and cabinet form factor. 25+ years in data centre design and thermal engineering. Responsible for hardware specification, product delivery, and technical validation across the MicroLink family of companies. Holds the patent filing ML-IND-001.
Chief Technology Officer of MicroLink Data Centers. Contributes to technology development, platform architecture, and cross-company technical standards. Works alongside Nick Searra on system design and the MicroLink control platform that monitors the Edge fleet remotely.
Board and formal advisory structure to be established as part of the capital raise. Expected advisors will include hospitality executives, thermal engineering specialists, distributed infrastructure operators, and venture capital partners with relevant portfolio experience.
The raise is structured to de-risk early capital and gate the growth tranche on validated contracts. The first $2M closes the SPV and deploys the first cohort. The $8M growth tranche unlocks at month 15–18, contingent on executed customer contracts. Wyoming LLC structure, no project debt in the initial five-year programme.
Closes the SPV. Deploys the first cohort of cabinets.
Unlocks scale to 200 cabinets. Gated on validated customer contracts and pilot performance data.
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