# Would you host part of an AI data center in your home?

> A solar and home energy storage company is expanding into AI data centers, but not by building one — instead, it’s offering to pay its customers to put its compute units in their homes.

- **Source:** [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/963930/sunrun-distributed-ai-data-center?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a51116c24aba2fec5835c69)
- **Published:** 2026-07-10
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #ai
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a51116c24aba2fec5835c69

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