System of critical datacenters and behind-the-meter flexible datacenters

A system comprising:

• a flexible datacenter comprising:
• a behind-the-meter power input system configured to receive power from a power generation system prior to the power undergoing step-up transformation for transmission to a power grid;
• a first power distribution system;
• a datacenter control system;
• and
• a first plurality of computing systems powered by the behind-the-meter power input system via the first power distribution system, wherein the datacenter control system is configured to modulate power delivery to the first plurality of computing systems based on one or more monitored power system conditions or an operational directive;
• a critical datacenter comprising:
• a grid power input system configured to receive power from the power grid;
• a second power distribution system;
• a critical datacenter control system;
• and
• a second plurality of computing systems powered by the grid-power input system via the second power distribution system;
• a first communication link between the flexible datacenter and the critical datacenter;
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• a routing control system configured to (i) identify a computational operation to be performed at the critical datacenter, (ii) determine whether to route the computational operation to the flexible datacenter based on a first cost of execution of the computational operation at the flexible datacenter relative to a second cost of execution of the computational operation at the critical datacenter, and (iii) based on a determination to route the computational operation to the flexible datacenter, cause the computational operation to be sent to the flexible datacenter via the first communication link.

A system comprising:

• a plurality of flexible datacenters, each flexible datacenter comprising:
• a behind-the-meter power input system configured to receive power from a power generation system prior to the power undergoing step-up transformation for transmission to a power grid;
• a first power distribution system;
• a datacenter control system;
• and
• a first plurality of computing systems powered by the behind-the-meter power input system via the first power distribution system, wherein the datacenter control system is configured to modulate power delivery to the first plurality of computing systems based on one or more monitored power system conditions or an operational directive;
• a critical datacenter comprising:
• a grid power input system configured to receive power from the power grid;
• a second power distribution system;
• a critical datacenter control system;
• and
• a second plurality of computing systems powered by the grid-power input system via the second power distribution system;
• a first communication link between the plurality of flexible datacenters and the critical datacenter;
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• a routing control system configured to (i) identify a computational operation to be performed at the critical datacenter, (ii) determine whether to route the computational operation to a flexible datacenter in the plurality of flexible datacenters, (iii) based on a determination to route the computational operation to a flexible datacenter in the plurality of flexible datacenters, determine a specific flexible datacenter in the plurality of flexible datacenters to route the computational operation to based on a first cost of execution of the computational operation at the specific flexible datacenter, and (iv) cause the computational operation to be sent to the specific flexible datacenter via the first communication link.