CANUS/PortaDC™
The AI factory that ships.450 kW to 1.2 MW per pod.
Factory-built, liquid-cooled AI factories in two hulls. Owned by CANUS, leased to you by the IT-kW on sites that already have power and fibre. 120-day target from order.
01Why PortaDC
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Built fora different decade.
The concrete hall against the pod, on the four numbers that decide the build.
- 1/6th
- Build cost per MW
- 120 days
- Target to powered racks
- 0 L
- Evaporative water after fill
- 12–21%
- Under Sydney metro, all-in
Lifted in.Not built on site.
- 120 days
- Target from order to powered racks
- 450 kW to 1.2 MW
- Per pod
Two hulls.One 450 kW block.
Compute below, heat rejection above. One block in the 20 ft PortaDC20, two in the 40 ft PortaDC40.
20-ft · 450 kW IT
20-foot high-cube ISO two-module stack
PortaDC20
Built for 3 to 5 high-density direct-to-chip racks (80 to 130+ kW/rack)
- Dimensions
- 6,058 × 2,438 × 2,896 mm lower vault + matching 6,058 mm rooftop heat-rejection module
- Rack capacity
- 3 to 5 direct-to-chip liquid racks at 80–130+ kW/rack (+1 network/control bay)
- Ideal hardware
- NVIDIA GB200/GB300 NVL72, dense HGX B200/B300 & H200 liquid clusters
- Cooling plant
- Redundant N+1 liquid cooling · thermal buffer · precision air trim
- Electrical
- One 415 V AC bay · ties into existing solar, BESS or industrial switchboards
- Logistics
- Truck delivery · two-module lift and lock on a ready pad
One hull. Three systems.
Compute below, heat rejection above, and three systems running through both.
Hull
System
- Cool supply
- Warm return
- 01
Cooling
Liquid to the chip in a closed loop. Heat goes to air on the roof. No evaporative water after fill.
- 02
Power
415 V from a site that already has it, metered at the boundary and held there by FrontierGate™.
- 03
Record
Power in and heat out, hardware-signed by LARUS AI™ into one record the tenant and the host both read.
Pulse. Surge. Forge.
Three leases on the same pod. Each is three numbers: a firm floor, a cushion and a flexible band.
01 · 24/7 firm production inference
PortaDC Pulse™
The 24/7 live inference & decode pod. Firm floor plus cushion. Flexible band: zero. Never trimmed.
- Real-time token streaming
- Live voice, support and clinical agents
- On-demand image and video APIs
Target rent, power at cost
US$165–172 (A$235–245) per IT-kW-month
02 · Elastic batch, 25 to 40% contracted flex
PortaDC Surge™
The solar-sponge prefill, RAG & batch pod. Firm floor plus cushion plus a contracted 25 to 40% flexible band, tenant-run.
- Long-context prefill and cache pre-warming
- Medical imaging, genomics and radiology batch
- Bulk rendering, synthetic data and enterprise RAG embeddings
Target rent, power at cost
US$140–155 (A$200–220) per IT-kW-month
03 · Firm, dense training
PortaDC Forge™
The dense training & fine-tuning pod. Firm, dense liquid at 80 to 130 kW a rack.
- Foundation model post-training and domain fine-tuning
- Dense-rack expansion for neoclouds
- Air-gapped on-site sovereign vaults
Target rent, power at cost
US$180–187 (A$255–265) per IT-kW-month
Inside the pod
Compute and cooling,built as one.
Every PortaDC is a complete 450 kW to 1.2 MW AI facility in one shell. Racks, liquid cooling, 415 V power and controls are designed, built and tested together before the pod leaves the factory.
450 kW ITLiquid-cooled to the chipClosed loopFactory-tested and recorded
You bring the GPUs. We bring the powered pod.
The engineering view01 / 06 · Two modules. One machine.
The brain inside every pod.
A rack-mounted unit in every pod. FrontierGate™ holds the boundary; LARUS AI™ signs what crossed it.
01The cushion, executed at the boundary
5:00 PM host load spike
- Host boundary: held
- Tenant firm floor: unchanged
- Pulse racks trimmed: never
02The buffer carries the cushion
45 °C summer afternoon
- Supply coolant: at or below 35 °C
- Design ambient: 45 °C · survival 50 °C
- Evaporative water: none after fill
03Two channels, hardware-signed
The LARUS AI operating record
- Boundary power // Hardware-signed
- Thermal delivery // Hardware-signed
- Fault isolation // Independent, hardware
Designed for 45 °C. Survives 50 °C.
Four layers, from the fence line to the certificate.
- 01
Fenced, monitored switchyard perimeter
Sited inside fenced, 24/7 monitored solar-and-battery switchyards or secured industrial premises. No public foot traffic.
- 02
Windowless weathering-steel armour (IP55)
Solid corrugated weathering-steel walls with no air-intake louvres, internal deadbolts, vibration sensing and clean-agent fire detection and suppression to Australian standards.
- 03
One signed record, one fault trip
LARUS AI™ hardware-signs boundary power and thermal delivery into one auditable ledger. Tamper-linked telemetry and independent hardware fault isolation sit alongside.
- 04
Factory-tested. Certified in Australia.
Every pod passes witnessed factory acceptance testing before it ships, then Australian integration and certification: AS/NZS 61439 switchboard, revenue-grade boundary metering, fire detection and suppression to Australian standards, statutory AS/NZS 3000 certification and site acceptance sign-off.
Bring your GPUs. Lease the capacity.
Target rent per IT-kW-month, power passed through at cost · US$ first, A$ beside
PortaDC Surge™
Elastic batch and prefill. 25 to 40% contracted flex, tenant-run.
- Rent, US$ (A$)
- 140 – 155 (A$200 – 220)
- All-in with power, US$
- ~182
- vs Sydney metro US$270
- 33% under
PortaDC Pulse™
24/7 firm production inference. Flexible band: zero.
- Rent, US$ (A$)
- 165 – 172 (A$235 – 245)
- All-in with power, US$
- ~213
- vs Sydney metro US$270
- 12 to 21% under
PortaDC Forge™
Dense training. Firm liquid racks at 80 to 130 kW.
- Rent, US$ (A$)
- 180 – 187 (A$255 – 265)
- All-in with power, US$
- ~236
- vs dense hall US$311
- 24% under
Six numbers that decide the build.
| Metro data centre | PortaDC | |
|---|---|---|
| Build cost per MW (excl. GPUs) | About 6× the pod | About 1/6th of a metro hallFactory-built pod on a ready pad |
| Time to powered racks | Years | 120 daysTarget deployment from order, on existing 415 V boards |
| Power | Metro tariff | Behind-the-meter renewable and hybrid tariffsPassed through at cost under transparent site schedules (shared under NDA) |
| Rack density supported | 10 – 25 kW / rack | 35 – 130+ kW / rackForge 80 – 130 kW, direct-to-chip liquid |
| Water consumption | Millions of litres / year | No evaporative water after fillClosed-loop liquid, rooftop dry cooler |
| All-in monthly cost | ~US$270 / IT-kW / month | ~US$213 / IT-kW / monthPulse target rent + power at cost · 12 to 21% under |
Indicative figures, confirmed in each lease. Power figures are planning blends, not a host tariff. Enquiries do not quote prices or reserve inventory.
Reserve capacity or host a pod
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Three ways in. Pick your track; a named person replies within one business day. Enquiries do not quote prices or reserve inventory.
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