Fiber & Network

Kristal Farms does not export electricity. It exports results.

That means fiber connectivity is a first-class utility: without reliable network links, the pads can’t deliver value, and the project can’t justify colocating compute in the village.

Architecture

NOC + trunk connectivity

A small Network Operations Center (NOC) is established at the port site, then a main trunk line connects to a regional hub using high-capacity transport.

The network is designed to serve:

the pad yard (tenant traffic),
community services (connectivity benefit),
local facilities (e.g., clinic, school).

Dual uplinks per pad

Each pad gets two independent fiber uplinks (A/B) so a single failure does not take it offline.

Diverse paths where feasible

Where feasible, the trunk uses diverse paths / ring-like protection so a fiber cut does not isolate the site.

Failover behavior

Failover is validated:

at the pad edge (A/B),
and on the backbone (reroute on trunk failure).

Monitoring

Key metrics include:

uptime/availability,
latency,
throughput,
packet loss,
and error rates.

These indicators are intended to appear on the public dashboard (aggregate, non-sensitive), alongside counts of connected local sites.

Tenancy boundaries (black-box networking)

The host operates the network up to the pad boundary:

The host sees infrastructure-level metadata (link up/down, aggregate bandwidth) but not packet content.

A key requirement is that tenant traffic and community traffic are securely segregated (e.g., VLAN/firewall separation), with explicit acceptance testing to confirm isolation.

Community connectivity guarantee

Connectivity benefit can include:

reserved bandwidth for community services (clinic, school).
public network dashboard online with the key metrics.