Clarity Without Carbon
Digital health has a physical footprint. Data centers and big neural networks require immense energy, but we believe healing shouldn't come at the cost of the planet. Here is how we are engineering Aurora to run on the cleanest grid in America.
Why this matters
A single data center can consume enough energy to power a small town. Advanced neural networks and Large Language Models can nearly double that consumption. They are like blast furnaces.
Running the complex algorithms required to operate your psychology-journal generates significant heat and demands massive electricity. Most companies would run their software in whichever data center is cheapest, often powered by coal or standard mixed grids. This strains the local grid so intensely that nearby residents can end up facing rolling power cuts just to keep the servers online. We refuse to be another company that leaves communities in the dark.
Clean Core Computing
We chose to run our infrastructure on a specific, ultra-efficient hyperscale facility in Dallas, Texas.
Currently, this facility acts as the Central Data Center for Aurora. Every encrypted entry, every user authentication, and every application request flows through this clean hub. Clean compute is part of the foundation Aurora stands on: privacy, efficiency, and responsibility woven directly into the infrastructure itself.
Powered by the wind & sun
Our Dallas gateway operates on a Carbon-Free Energy (CFE) score of 94%. This means that for 94% of the year, your journal runs on energy generated directly by local wind farms and solar arrays.
What about the other 6%? Even when the wind isn't blowing, the local power grid we utilize is 42% more reliant on renewable resources than the national average, meaning our rare bad days are still cleaner than most standard data centers on their best day.
Waterless cooling technology
Data centers are notoriously thirsty, often evaporating millions of gallons of drinking water to keep servers cool. In a drought-prone world, this is unsustainable.
Our server infrastructure uses advanced air-cooling technology. Instead of boiling away water, these systems act like massive radiators, using air currents to dissipate heat. This reserves local water for the community and agriculture, not our servers.
Designed for the future
We are building Aurora to last, and that means building it responsibly.
As data-center hardware becomes more efficient, we are consolidating any future heavy compute loads into this specific clean zone. By establishing our architecture here today, we ensure that as our educational tool grows, our environmental impact remains small.