Two companies are working together on a behind-the-meter AI compute project.
Singapore mobile data specialist FingerMotion is collaborating with Alberta-based BlueFlare Energy Solutions on two potential sites.
These sites use natural gas that would otherwise be flared to power Bitcoin mining operations; through the collab, the sites would be redeveloped into AI inference facilities, equipped with new power generation, battery storage, and higher computing capacity.
This operation would occur “while retaining and repurposing the existing bitcoin mining load as a load-balancing and gas-continuity mechanism,” according to a statement from the firms, who have reached a Memorandum of Understanding but not yet finalized a definitive agreement.
AI inference is intended to serve as the site’s primary value driver, with co-located bitcoin mining used to keep generated power productive whenever inference demand does not call on the site’s full capacity.
Power allocation across the workloads would be managed by BlueFlare’s proprietary Adaptive Load Architecture platform, which the Canadian firm describes as a load-following control system that routes available power between AI inference and bitcoin mining in real time.
BlueFlare believes this approach will allow the facility to “sustain high, continuous utilization of its on-site generation while supporting compliance with Alberta’s natural gas conservation requirements.”
And, because the facility will generate its own power on-site and will connect to AI inference workloads over a wireless link enabled by BlueFlare’s proprietary bandwidth-optimization technology, it is intended to be brought online without waiting for grid interconnection or fibre construction.
Backup power, meanwhile, will be propane rather than the diesel generation to reduce the site’s emissions profile and the amount of redundant fuel infrastructure required.
BlueFare is also in the midst of securing US$15M from ROMA Green Finance Limited in exchange for a 5% equity interest, which would value the company at roughly US$300M.
The capital, according to ROMA, is intended to “support BlueFlare’s project pipeline.”
“ROMA’s commitment validates the model we have built and accelerates our buildout,” commented Landon Ruszkowski, Chief Executive Officer of BlueFlare Group Holdings, earlier this month.
“Behind-the-meter generation is how compute gets powered when the grid cannot keep up, and we are positioned to deliver it,” he stated.
BlueFlare launched in 2025.
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