Physical, Electrical & Network Blueprint
This specification represents the hardened engineering architecture of the Nexaeos Alpha Node, synthesized through Iterative Adversarial Analysis (IAA). It reconciles open public-goods ideals with electrical, thermodynamic, network routing, and life-safety physical invariants.
1. Electrical Architecture & Solar Microgrid
Phase 1: 10 kW IT BaselineTo eliminate the catastrophic fixed utility burn of legacy data centers, Nexaeos right-sizes the initial deployment to a high-density 10 kW IT load (scalable to 30 kW) housed in an existing municipal library, co-located facility, or converted 20-foot modular micro-data container. The node operates as an islandable microgrid capable of 48-hour continuous off-grid resilience.
- Service Entrance: 208Y/120V, 100A 3-Phase commercial breaker (36 kVA capacity)
- Nominal IT Draw: 10.0 kW continuous (100+ virtualized micro-workloads)
- Facility Overhead: 1.5 kW (direct-air economizer and circulation pumps)
- Power Usage Effectiveness: PUE < 1.15 annualized average
- Array Capacity: 45 kWp ground canopy or rooftop installation
- Module Tech: 440W bifacial N-type TOPCon panels (102 panels total)
- Daily Generation: ~160 to 220 kWh/day in Southern/Tennessee climate
- Offset Percentage: Offsets 60–80% of annual continuous electrical draw
- Chemistry: Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) — Zero thermal runaway risk
- Nominal Capacity: 140 kWh (12+ hours continuous battery autonomy)
- Cycle Longevity: 6,000+ cycles at 80% Depth of Discharge (DoD)
- Emergency Generator: 25 kW liquid-cooled propane backup (500-gal fuel reserve)
2. Thermal Engineering & Waste-Heat Circularity
Ecological AssetTraditional data centers reject 100% of their heat into the atmosphere via evaporative cooling towers. Nexaeos treats compute heat as a valuable municipal thermal resource. A closed hydronic loop captures server exhaust at 45°C–55°C, delivering space heating to an adjacent community greenhouse, public library reading rooms, or district domestic hot water pre-heaters.
- Heat Output: 10 kW IT compute generates 34,120 BTU/hr continuous thermal energy
- Delivery: In-slab hydronic radiant tubing beneath greenhouse planting beds
- Community Benefit: Enables four-season community vegetable production in winter
- Summer Trim: Dry-cooler closed loop automatically bypasses during summer peaks
- Clean Agent: Novec 1230 (FK-5-1-12) fluid extinguishing agent
- Zero Asphyxiation: Safe for occupied human spaces (unlike lethal CO2 canisters)
- Residue Free: Electrically non-conductive; preserves sensitive electronic chips
- Detection: Laser aspirating smoke detection (VESDA) sensing wire heat 2 hours pre-fire
3. Network Architecture, Peering & Fixed Wireless
Autonomous SystemNexaeos operates as an independent Autonomous System (ASN) with portable ARIN address allocations. It couples carrier-neutral upstream fiber transit with multi-gigabit 60 GHz Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) distribution, eliminating the prohibitive $60,000/mile cost of residential fiber trenching.
- Addressing: Portable /24 IPv4 block (256 addresses) + /48 IPv6 allocation
- Security: RPKI / ROA cryptographically validated BGP route filtering
- Redundancy: Dual upstream transit across regional electric cooperative fiber + telco wave
- BGP Engine: Dual bare-metal edge routers running FRRouting (FRR) and BIRD
- FWA Tech: 60 GHz mmWave (V-band) point-to-multipoint distribution (Ubiquiti Wave)
- Throughput: Symmetrical 1.0 to 2.5 Gbps over 1.5 km line-of-sight hops
- Backup: 5 GHz airMAX failover links automatically engaged during severe precipitation
- Customer CPE: Self-aligning micro-dishes deployed on community rooftops
- Time Synchronization: Local Stratum-1 GNSS (GPS/Galileo) NTP timing appliance
- Split-Horizon DNS: Local CoreDNS resolving all community domains during WAN isolation
- Zero CDN Leakage: All fonts, JavaScript libraries, and static assets hosted 100% locally
- Emergency Mesh: Matrix, Kiwix, and medical guides operational indefinitely without internet
4. Confidential Compute & Zero-Knowledge Isolation
AMD SEV-SNPIn a community-owned facility, physical security and administrator access must never compromise user privacy. Nexaeos enforces cryptographic impossibility of inspection using hardware memory encryption, micro-VM sandboxes, and client-side key derivation.
- Hypervisor: AWS Firecracker micro-VMs inside AMD SEV-SNP enclaves
- Memory Security: In-flight DRAM memory encrypted against physical hardware probes
- Attestation: TPM 2.0 remote attestation validating kernel integrity before boot
- Storage: LUKS2 + ZFS with encryption keys held strictly by the end patron
- Sybil Resistance: Semaphore zero-knowledge proofs validating community membership
- Zero KYC: No names, phone numbers, or government IDs stored on data center servers
- Rate Limiting: Cryptographic nullifiers prevent bot spamming without tracking browsing
- Restorative Justice: Abuse triggers rate-limiting cooldowns, not punitive expulsion
5. Legal Structuring, Safe Harbors & Compliance
501(c)(12) Co-opGrassroots infrastructure initiatives face severe legal exposure if improperly organized. Nexaeos operates under an arm's-length cooperative entity structure backed by registered safe harbor protections.
- Entity Structure: 501(c)(12) Nonprofit Infrastructure Cooperative
- DMCA Safe Harbor: Registered Designated Copyright Agent under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)
- Repeat Infringer Policy: Automated notice-and-takedown remediation workflows
- Subpoena Compliance: Pure ciphertext delivery under 18 U.S.C. § 2703 (Zero plaintext access)
- Right-Sized Scoping: Scoped to NIST SP 800-53 Low baseline and CIS Linux Level 1
- Media Sanitization: NIST SP 800-88 cryptographic drive wipe before hardware retirement
- Physical Controls: Dual-custody mechanical interlocks and multi-factor biometric cages
- Transparency: Signed quarterly Warrant Canary published on GPG-verified ledger