Frequently Asked Questions
How Green are Your Power Plants?
MercuryDelta is committed to deploying carbon-neutral and zero-emissions power generation facilities to power all MercuryDelta datacenters. While we plan to utilize a number of new and existing methods (depending on each site), many sites will use a Coal Reclamation process often combined with proprietary Carbon Sequestration techniques. This allows MercuryDelta to generate clean, inexpensive energy without leftover byproducts or pollution. Other sites will utilize breakthroughs in CTO conversion to generate zero-emission electricity from waste coal products, turkey offal, old tires, wood, or plastics in a fully self-contained  system preventing the escape of emissions.
What is Coal Reclamation?
Our Coal Reclamation process utilizes low-value waste coal not suitable for traditional coal-powered plants. Waste coal often sits unused near coal mines in large piles that can leach iron, manganese and aluminum pollution into waterways and cause acid drainage that kills neighboring streams. Our Coal Reclamation process utilizes this untapped resource which also results in the clean-up of the properties surrounding existing coal mines. After extracting the maximum amount of electricity possible from the waste coal, all that remains is a medium-to-high-grade fly ash which is directly utilized as a component for cement products.
What is Carbon Sequestration?
Carbon sequestration is the process of capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide. Any excess carbon dioxide created in our power generation efforts either is pumped into airtight greenhouses to supercharge select plant cultivation or sequestered deep underground in nearby salt mines.
What Makes MercuryDelta Unique?
With more than 20 year's worth of datacenter and power generation management we've learned how to stay ahead of the curve. Years ago, MercuryDelta recognized the status-quo template for datacenter construction will soon become outdated and unprofitable for owners and customers alike. We know the only way forward is to redesign the datacenter from the ground up with a minimum of 10x the current density while providing inexpensive, reliable onsite power generation.
How Many Sites/Projects will Be Built?
To date, at least three projects are planned. Site 1 in Sunnyside, Utah will be the first facility online in Q4 2022.
What Size and Types of Datacenter Customers will MercuryDelta Serve?
Each datacenter campus will range between 100,000 to 1 million square feet with onsite power generation capacity up to 1,500 MW per site. Customers will range from cryptocurrency miners to small colocation customers to large enterprise-sized customers of all types. Many sites will also feature dedicated space for new high-density AI workloads.