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LōD routes compute jobs to the lowest-cost, most stable grid region in real time, below the application layer." lang: en json-ld: | [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Organization", "name": "LōD Technologies", "alternateName": "LōD", "url": "https://lod.io", "logo": "https://media.base44.com/images/public/69eb97e3a261d40e27688f9d/6cf86e0a9_Lod-Green-no-Background.png", "description": "LōD is the energy intelligence platform for AI data centers and Bitcoin mining operations, providing real-time grid signals, automated curtailment, and device-level execution.", "sameAs": [ "https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodenergy/", "https://x.com/Lod_io" ], "contactPoint": { "@type": "ContactPoint", "contactType": "sales", "url": "https://lod.io/contact" } }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "SoftwareApplication", "name": "LōD Platform", "applicationCategory": "BusinessApplication", "operatingSystem": "Web", "description": "Energy intelligence platform for data centers with real-time ERCOT grid monitoring, automated curtailment, demand response participation, and IoT device control.", "offers": { "@type": "Offer", "price": "0", "priceCurrency": "USD", "description": "Free trial available" }, "provider": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "LōD Technologies" }, "featureList": [ "Real-time ERCOT grid intelligence", "Automated curtailment", "Demand response participation", "IoT device control", "Bitcoin mining management", "AI data center energy optimization", "SOC 1 Type II and SOC 2 Type II compliance" ] }, { "name": "LōD", "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "WebSite", "url": "https://lod.io" }, { "name": "LōD", "logo": "https://media.base44.com/images/public/69eb97e3a261d40e27688f9d/9da9a1ff0_logo.png", "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Organization", "url": "https://lod.io" }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://l-d-s-website.base44.app/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Flexible Compute — Grid-Aware Workload Routing for AI", "item": "https://l-d-s-website.base44.app/flexible-compute" } ] }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "FAQPage", "mainEntity": [ { "name": "What is LoD Technologies?", "@type": "Question", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "LoD Technologies helps you organize, track, and share your work in 1 unified workspace. 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Case study: CLōD achieved 25% energy cost reduction and $2.8M annual savings across 240+ compute nodes with 98% SLA compliance." }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://lod.io" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Flexible Compute", "item": "https://lod.io/flexible-compute" } ] } ] } ] --- [![LōD logo](https://media.base44.com/images/public/69eb97e3a261d40e27688f9d/6cf86e0a9_Lod-Green-no-Background.png)](/) Products Industries Platform [For AI Agents](/for-agents) Resources [Book a Strategy Call](/contact) [Login / Register](https://app.lod.io/) Solutions / Flexible Compute # YOU DON'T BECOME FLEXIBLE BY MAKING YOUR DATA CENTER FLEXIBLE. The industry spent years engineering data centers to never turn off. That is the right design. It is also why flexible compute cannot live in the facility. The workload is the flexible asset. LōD is the infrastructure that makes it move. [Book an Energy Strategy Call](/contact)[Explore the Platform](/control-layer) The Core Insight ## EVERYONE IS TRYING TO MAKE THE BUILDING MOVE. THE SMARTER BET IS MAKING THE JOB MOVE. Data centers are built for stability. The grid needs flexibility. The resolution isn't engineering the facility to do both. It's routing workloads to match grid conditions in real time. How It Works ## FLEXIBLE COMPUTE LIVES IN THE WORKLOAD LAYER. NOT THE FACILITY. 01 ### Workloads Are the Flexible Asset The data center is designed to run continuously. Flexibility lives in the workload layer: which jobs run, when, and where. 02 ### Grid-Aware Routing LōD routes workloads based on real-time grid conditions. When the grid is stressed in one region, jobs move. No manual coordination. 03 ### Zero SLA Impact Flexibility happens below the application layer. SLAs don't see it. Revenue from demand response does. 04 ### Real Revenue From Participation Flexible compute is a grid asset. LōD helps you capture the value of that flexibility through demand response and ancillary market participation. Who This Is For ## IF YOUR WORKLOADS CAN MOVE, YOUR COSTS SHOULD TOO. ### Cloud Operators Multi-region workload routing based on real-time grid economics. Lower costs, same SLAs. ### AI Training Facilities Non-real-time training jobs are inherently deferrable. LōD captures the value of that deferability. ### HPC Data Centers High-performance compute workloads that can be scheduled around peak grid conditions without disruption. Case Study ## Real-life execution: CLōD achieves 25% Energy Savings Through Automated Workload Routing How a distributed compute infrastructure eliminated $2.8M in annual energy costs by routing workloads across regions in real time based on grid conditions. 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