{"product":"Starlight Infrastructure Partnership OS","version":"2026.08.31","canonical":"https://starlight.technology/infrastructure","status":"reference architecture","offer":{"id":"infrastructure-blueprint","name":"Partnership Blueprint","professionalFeeEurExVat":6500,"targetBusinessDaysAfterCompleteInputs":15,"excludes":["hardware","financing","legal advice","tax advice","production credentials"]},"dealModels":[{"id":"productivity-node","name":"Customer-funded productivity node","stage":"Default first transaction","thesis":"The operating company buys productive capability for its own workflows; the operator installs and manages the intelligence layer.","assetOwner":"Owns site, equipment, business data and accepted company-specific workflows.","operator":"Owns the reusable runtime, skills, architecture and delivery method.","finance":"Operating cash, equipment lease or digitalisation facility after underwriting.","revenueLogic":"Implementation fee + managed operations; optional capacity allocation priced separately.","entryGate":"Named internal workloads with accountable owners and a measurable baseline.","wrongWhen":"The only demand is speculative third-party GPU rental or the buyer cannot name an operating problem."},{"id":"hosted-capacity","name":"Hosted capacity agreement","stage":"After site diligence","thesis":"The site contributes secured space, power and operations while the operator owns or leases the compute estate.","assetOwner":"Provides site services under a bounded host or colocation agreement.","operator":"Carries utilization risk and sells or consumes the capacity.","finance":"Operator equity, equipment lease or contracted workload finance.","revenueLogic":"Fixed host fee + metered energy + optional upside share above a defined utilization hurdle.","entryGate":"Metered power economics, network resilience, insurance position and committed workload.","wrongWhen":"The operator expects the property company to underwrite venture demand without minimum commitments."},{"id":"financed-transformation","name":"Financed digital transformation","stage":"Bank-ready operating project","thesis":"The operating company finances a defined digital, energy and infrastructure programme because the assets improve its own productivity.","assetOwner":"Borrower and economic beneficiary; 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