The questions owners ask first
Property owner FAQ.
Property owner FAQ.
All of it.
Twenty-plus questions, organized by topic. If your question is not here, the survey form lets you ask it directly. Doug Brough or David Tyre answers personally within two business days.
Money
How the revenue, costs, and economics work.
How much does this cost my property?
Nothing upfront. ARO finances, owns, and insures the equipment. The property contributes only space, electrical access, and water. ARO sub-meters and reimburses utility consumption per the contract. Your property carries no operating cost related to the hub.
What revenue does my property earn?
25 to 30 percent of gross collected GPU revenue, net of cost of operations. Year 1 rough range is $15K to $20K+ for a typical mid-size property. Year 2 onward grows substantially as the hub usage fills out. Specific economics are sized to your property during the survey.
How and when am I paid?
Monthly. ARO sends a statement showing tenant revenue, cost of operations, and your revenue share. Distribution follows shortly after. Audit-friendly accounting trail is provided so your CPA or asset manager can reconcile against expectations.
What if a tenant does not pay?
Tenant payment risk is ARO's. Your share is calculated from gross collected revenue. If a tenant fails to pay, that revenue is not collected and not shared. ARO's commercial structure is designed so that tenant credit risk does not affect the host property's relationship.
Does my property reimburse for utility usage?
No. ARO reimburses your property for the utility consumption used by the hub, based on a sub-meter installed at install. The reimbursement reconciles monthly. Your property sees a net positive cash flow from the hub from day one.
Are there tax implications?
Revenue share to your property is taxable income. ARO does not provide tax advice. Your CPA will determine the right accounting treatment for your jurisdiction and entity structure. Most property owners treat this as ancillary revenue similar to telecom site or vending revenue.
Install & physical
What it looks like in your building.
What does this look like inside my building?
A locked room of about 100 square feet, often in basement or back-of-house space. Inside the room is one or two server racks with liquid cooling. The space is climate-controlled but no air-handling equipment is added to common areas. Guests and residents do not see, hear, or otherwise interact with it.
Will the install disrupt operations?
No. Installation uses unused or under-utilized space and is scheduled around your operations calendar. Power and water work is coordinated by ARO with your facilities team and licensed contractors. Most install work happens during low-impact windows you choose.
How much electrical service does the hub need?
A small hub draws roughly 100 kW. A larger hub draws up to 500 kW. The site survey measures your existing electrical service and determines what hub size your property supports. ARO sub-meters consumption and reimburses you. We do not destabilize building electrical service.
How much water does the cooling loop use?
The cooling loop is closed and recirculating. Make-up water consumption is small (well under typical commercial water usage) and is reimbursed by ARO. The loop is leak-detected and shut down before any water can leave the system.
Will my guests or residents notice anything?
No. The hub sits in back-of-house space they never enter. Liquid cooling is much quieter than conventional air-cooled servers. Heat is rejected through the closed cooling loop, not into adjacent rooms. There is no signage. Guests and residents will not know it exists.
Contract & protection
The legal and risk-transfer questions.
Can I see the contract before signing?
Yes. The Letter of Intent is non-binding and outlines all material terms. The definitive agreement is reviewed by your legal counsel before any equipment is ordered. We expect that. We do not ask for commitment before you understand the deal.
How is my property protected from risk?
ARO owns the equipment, carries property and cyber liability coverage on the hardware, and assumes operational responsibility 24/7. Tenant data sits inside the hub on isolated, encrypted, single-tenant nodes. Your property carries no operational liability. See the protections page for the full breakdown.
What happens at the end of the term?
Either party can renew or end the agreement. If it ends, ARO removes all equipment and restores the room to original condition at our expense. The property has the right to terminate early under defined conditions in the agreement (sale of property, regulatory action, ARO operational failure).
What if I sell the property?
The contract typically continues with the new owner, who assumes the rights and obligations. If a buyer declines to assume, the property has the right to terminate. ARO works with you and the buyer to make the contract part of the property's value during a sale.
What if my insurance carrier objects?
ARO carries property and cyber liability insurance on the hardware. We provide a Certificate of Insurance naming your property as additional insured. Your insurance broker reviews the COI. Most carriers add the hub to the schedule of insured equipment without affecting your premium.
What if my HOA bylaws or franchise standards prohibit it?
In most cases the hub fits inside back-of-house infrastructure work that bylaws and franchise standards do not address. Where they do apply (HOA approval, franchise IT review), ARO supports the approval process during the Letter of Intent phase. We have experience navigating both.
Operations & tenants
Who does what once the hub is live.
Who are the tenants?
Tenants are AI compute buyers running production workloads. They include AI startups, enterprise AI teams, healthcare AI vendors, and inference-first software companies. Specific tenant names are confidential under our agreements with them. Your property does not interact with tenants directly.
What if something goes wrong with the equipment?
ARO owns and insures the equipment. Hardware failures are detected by ARO monitoring and resolved by ARO operations and Dell ProSupport with 5-year warranty. Your property has no operational or insurance exposure on hardware events.
Will I have to manage tenants or vendors?
No. ARO is the contractual counterparty for every tenant and every vendor (Dell, NVIDIA, Motivair, Xerox). Your team is not on the sales hook, the support hook, or the operations hook. You receive a check, not a job.
Can I get internet access from the hub?
The hub has 100 GbE fiber backhaul. Where the property is interested, ARO can structure tenant arrangements that include managed connectivity for the property as part of the broader relationship. Discussed during the survey if relevant to your property.
Company
Questions about ARO itself.
Who is ARO?
Additional Revenue Opportunities ARO LLC is a Florida operating company (charter L24000120809), founded in March 2024. ARO finances and operates Micro Edge Data Hubs deployed inside third-party properties. Compute capacity is sold to AI tenants under reserved, multi-year contracts. Read more about ARO →
How long has ARO been in business?
ARO LLC was formed in 2024. The leadership team has decades of combined experience in property-resident technology, hospitality, and edge data. We are an early-stage operator. Our first hubs come online in 2026.
Why should I trust ARO with a 10-year commitment?
Three reasons. First, the contract structure protects you regardless of ARO's trajectory: ARO owns and insures the equipment, removes it at end of term, and indemnifies the property. Second, our hardware partners (Dell ProSupport, NVIDIA, Motivair) provide their own warranties and operational backbones. Third, the leadership team has long professional histories in property-resident infrastructure that owners can verify directly.
What if ARO fails as a company?
The contract is structured so that even in this scenario, the equipment can be removed and the property is not left holding hardware it does not own. ARO's hardware insurance, indemnification, and the legal structure of the asset ownership protect the property regardless of the operator's outcome.
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