The Verge
7/10/2026

Would you host part of an AI data center in your home?
Short summary
Sunrun, a solar and home energy storage company, is launching a pilot program to place AI compute nodes in customers' homes, compensating them for participation. The distributed compute power would be sold to enterprise buyers like AI companies, offering a novel approach to sourcing space and resources for AI infrastructure.
- •Sunrun launching distributed AI compute pilot in customers' homes
- •Customers compensated for hosting compute nodes alongside solar/battery systems
- •Compute power sold to enterprise AI buyers as alternative data center model
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