Strata Expanse to leverage Available Infrastructure’s new $5B Project Qestrel, a fleet of 1,000 urban neocloud sites deploying nationwide by end of 2026.

Featuring Available’s SanQtum solutions stack, Qestral’s deployment will span 100 major US cities and combine zero trust, quantum-secure networking with edge AI inference capability. Project Qestral provides the cybersecure network for Strata Expanse’s Amphix™ AI Infrastructure Platform.

The Woodlands, TX and Tysons Corner, VA — March 16, 2026 — Strata Expanse’s, newest strategic partner, AI infrastructure and cybersecurity company Available Infrastructure (Available) today announced Project Qestrel, a nationwide fleet of cybersecure, private neocloud edge data centers. The initial phase, to be live by the end of 2026, will span 1,000 individual sites across 100 US cities and more than 30 US states from coast to coast, representing nearly $5 billion in project CapEx at full buildout. 

Each site will feature full-stack edge deployments of Available's trio of SanQtum solutions: zero trust network, high-performance compute (HPC) infrastructure, and AI inference capability. The first sites are already live, with 30 cities targeted to come online by early July thanks to a partnership with wireless infrastructure company Crown Castle. 

Amphix AI Infrastructure Platform (AMPHIX), built by partners Strata Expanse, RAVEL and Available, will leverage Qestral to bring edge AI, ultra-low-latency speed, strengthened cybersecurity, and expanded compute capacity to its customers. The companies are launching AMPHIX at the Nvidia GTC Conference this week. 

As the industry sees data and AI rapidly moving to the edge and hybrid cloud and neocloud architectures growing quickly, Project Qestrel and Available’s SanQtum solutions stack provide critical protections and benefits:

• Sovereignty: The fleet’s sovereign, edge-first architecture keeps data local to where it is created and where decisions are made, allowing for greater protection of sensitive data and adherence to data residency requirements.
• Security: A zero trust approach and quantum-resilient encryption protect against emerging cyber threats, including "harvest now, decrypt later” attacks and the nearing threat of Q Day from mature quantum computers.
• Latency: HPC at the edge enables ultra-low-latency AI applications for mission-critical use cases that cannot afford the roundtrip latency of pinging to the traditional cloud and back, such as public safety, power grid management, and smart cities.
• Capacity: air-cooled, power-ready sites can come online in weeks to months, not years. For government agencies, enterprises, and data center operators, Available's urban clusters provide a pathway to scale up additional AI capacity essentially overnight versus the speed-to-market delays many hyperscalers are facing from interconnection queue delays, supply chain constraints, and power constraints.

“We believe this is truly the future of AI inference — a future that will be defined by speed, location, and security,” said Dan Gregory, CEO of Available. “By deploying SanQtum from coast to coast, Project Qestrel is bringing powerful AI inference to the US market when it’s needed, where it’s needed, and all within a zero trust network with quantum-resilient cyber protections."

Each of the 1,000 deployments will be co-located at telecom sites, with immediate access to both fiber and power. The fleet’s neocloud architecture will run up to 48 GPUs per site, bringing AI inference out of distant hyperscaler data centers and right to the edge, close to where decisions need to be made quickly. Many of the sites will be pre-integrated with IBM’s watsonx, providing trusted, enterprise-grade AI for users from day one. (Available is an IBM Platinum Partner.) Other sites will be AI-agnostic, capable of running other AI inference models as needed.

Strata Expanse’s nationwide rollout of edge data center campuses can now take advantage of this expanded network to enhance security since every AMPHIX site will now benefit from SanQtum’s cybersecurity protections. Partnering with Available on their upcoming deployment brings AMPHIX total footprint directly to the edge in US cities most in need of fast, reliable computing power. Amphix Centers of Excellence will be located on these urban neocloud sites allowing customer to validate architecture, run energy and density stress tests, and ensure security and compliance prior to moving their workloads into full production at one of Strata Expanse’s edge campuses under the Amphix Managed AI Factory model.

“Strata’s model allows users to capture an important array of benefits, from flexibility to security to cost efficiency. By leveraging Available’s system, we’re layering on industry-leading cyber protection while extending our HPC and AI capacity to the edge,” said Ellen Taylor, CRO & Senior Vice President of Origination at Strata Expanse. “While some tasks, like AI training workloads, can and should be housed at our larger ‘home base’ data centers, critical AI inference can now operate exactly where it’s needed with ultra-low latency. We are thrilled about what this new partnership will make possible.”  

The first customer to announce its use of Available’s distributed fleet was Datavault AI, working in partnership with IBM. The company recently announced initial adoption in the New York and Philadelphia corridors, with nationwide rollout to come.

Nathaniel Bradley, CEO of Datavault AI, shared, “The added speed and security that Available’s SanQtum solutions bring to the table are vitally important to our latest offerings — like real-time data scoring, tokenization, and monetization — which we believe have the power to unlock an all-new category of value for enterprise users.” 

About Strata Expanse 

Strata Expanse develops land and delivers the power, cooling, and secure connectivity that enable data center operators to deploy high-performance compute within infrastructure-ready environments at speed and scale. Infrastructure is delivered through the company’s Gray Space as a Service™ subscription model. Structured as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), Strata Expanse focuses on energy-first site selection and integrated infrastructure development. 

Learn more at StrataExpanse.com.  

About Available Infrastructure

Based in Northern Virginia along the Washington, DC, beltway, Available Infrastructure offers cybersecure zero trust networking, HPC neocloud infrastructure, and enterprise-grade AI — all private, sovereign, and at the edge. This unique combination supports critical infrastructure, sensitive data, and AI models for agencies, enterprises, and institutions.

Available is also the owner-operator of a growing nationwide fleet of AI-powered, quantum-ready, distributed micro data centers with national security-grade cyber protection. We are bringing the next generation of pure edge infrastructure to the market, while enhancing the offerings of hybrid cloud providers and traditional data centers. Available Infrastructure is an IBM Platinum Partner.

For more information, visit availableinfrastructure.com.