Your home is becoming
the grid edge.

There is one official XFRA sign-up, SPAN's interest form. Fill that out first; it is free and it is the only list SPAN maintains. gridhost.io is independent and is not affiliated with SPAN, Nvidia, or PulteGroup. What gridhost.io adds is the next step: a free instant score that tells you whether your home already meets the public XFRA prerequisites (200A service, SPAN smart panel, whole-home battery, strong upload speed), and a path to closing any gaps before retrofits open in 2027. Final eligibility decisions are SPAN's.

The public XFRA spec points to four things: a 200-amp electrical service, a SPAN smart panel, a whole-home battery, and an internet plan with solid upload speed. Homes that already have a SPAN panel are the priority pool for the 2027 retrofit channel. Solar is optional but improves the economics. The free eligibility score on this page checks all four in about a minute and sends the full breakdown to your email. SPAN has not announced specific states for the rollout; Raynora installs the prerequisite hardware across 37 markets today.

XFRA is the residential distributed AI compute network announced in April 2026 by SPAN, Nvidia, and PulteGroup. It places Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell GPU compute nodes inside individual homes, paired with a SPAN smart panel, whole-home battery, and solar. Homeowners get subsidized energy and internet bills, hyperscalers get distributed AI inference capacity, and the grid gains a new layer of demand-responsive load.

XFRA is a partnership between three companies. SPAN makes the smart electrical panel that orchestrates whole-home energy. Nvidia supplies the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell GPUs that run the AI workloads. PulteGroup, one of the largest homebuilders in the United States, is the launch new-construction channel. The official partnership site is xfra.ai.

The 100-home residential pilot is scheduled for Q3 2026 with PulteGroup new-construction homes and one build-to-rent operator. SPAN has not yet publicly announced the specific pilot markets. Broader U.S. deployment, including the retrofit channel for existing SPAN-installed homes, is scheduled to begin in 2027 per the official XFRA white paper.

The SPAN smart panel replaces a standard home electrical service panel with a connected, circuit-by-circuit controllable system. It tracks energy use in real time, prioritizes loads during outages or peak rates, and orchestrates solar, battery, and EV charging. For XFRA, it's the required orchestration layer that balances compute load against household energy demand. A home cannot host an XFRA node without one.

Per the XFRA white paper, homeowners receive subsidized energy and internet bills rather than a direct cash payment. Compute offtakers pay SPAN for capacity; SPAN passes a share back to the homeowner as credit applied against utility costs. The exact economics depend on the home's local electricity rate, internet plan tier, and the GPU workload assigned to that node. Homes in high-rate utilities (parts of California, New York, Massachusetts) see proportionally higher value than homes in low-rate utilities.

SPAN has not announced specific state markets for either the 2026 pilot or the 2027 broader rollout. What's known: the retrofit channel will prioritize existing SPAN-installed homes, and PulteGroup builds across many states. Raynora installs solar, SPAN, and battery across 37 markets today (36 states and Washington, DC), with AURA℠ lease-to-own available in 16 of them: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, and Washington. Everywhere else we serve, the same install runs on the Worry-Free Lease or Own It Day One paths.

Three prerequisites: install a SPAN smart panel, install a whole-home battery, and confirm enough electrical capacity headroom (most 200-amp panels have 60% to 80% of headroom unused). Adding solar is optional but materially improves the home's compute-node economics by reducing energy cost. Raynora installs all three components under one project. Where AURA℠ is available, the install runs as a 25-year lease-to-own with the 30% federal Section 48E credit captured on your behalf and reflected in your price. Everywhere else we serve, it runs on the Worry-Free Lease at $0 down or on Own It Day One.

xfra.ai is SPAN's official site for the XFRA partnership with Nvidia and PulteGroup. gridhost.io is an independent venture by Raynora Solar that helps homeowners, builders, installers, and investors get positioned for XFRA before retrofits open in 2027. gridhost.io is not affiliated with SPAN, Nvidia, or PulteGroup. Final XFRA eligibility decisions are SPAN's, not ours.

Raynora Solar is the residential energy operator that runs gridhost.io. Raynora has been installing solar, batteries, and electrical infrastructure since 2023 and serves 37 markets today, with AURA℠ lease-to-own available in 16 states. Our crews, our 10-year workmanship and roof penetration warranties, and our financing paths handle every gridhost.io install. Raynora is headquartered in Bethesda, MD with offices in Herndon, VA and Jersey City, NJ.

AURA℠ is Raynora's 25-year lease-to-own solar structure. The system owner holds the system and claims the 30% federal Investment Tax Credit under Section 48E, and that value is captured on your behalf and reflected in your price. You never claim the credit yourself and it is never paid to you. A purchase option starts at the 6-year anniversary at fair market value, and the lease transfers on home sale. For XFRA pre-positioning, AURA℠ lets you install solar, SPAN, and battery together while the federal credit still exists: the residential credit under Section 25D expired at the end of 2025, and Section 48E closes for new projects that are not placed in service by December 31, 2027.

The XFRA white paper focuses on owner-occupied homes and build-to-rent operators. Individual renters cannot install a SPAN smart panel without their landlord's authorization, so XFRA hosting in single-family rentals depends on the property owner. For build-to-rent operators considering pre-installing XFRA-ready hardware across their portfolios, gridhost.io routes those conversations to Raynora's commercial team. AURA℠ also works on long-term rental properties, vacation homes, and Airbnb/VRBO short-term rentals.

The full pre-positioning install (solar, SPAN smart panel, whole-home battery) typically runs $30,000 to $60,000 before incentives, depending on home size, panel count, and battery capacity selected. Where AURA℠ is available, it is structured as a 25-year lease-to-own, with $0 down on financed projects and the 30% federal credit captured on your behalf and reflected in your price. Raynora's $89 Readiness Audit produces a personalized cost-and-yield model for your specific home, utility, and internet plan.