Circular Energy Infrastructure

Powering food
with cheaper,
greener heat.

Second Bite captures 99% of the thermal energy wasted by data centres and ASIC miners, and redirects it to dehydrate surplus fruit — turning two waste streams into one high-value, zero-marginal-cost supply chain.

SOLAR SOLAR PV ASIC HEAT 60°C DRYING FRUIT EXCHANGER
Recovery
99%
Setpoint
60°C
COP
≥3.5
99%
ASIC energy recovered
58Mt
Food wasted in EU / yr
40–60%
Energy share of drying OPEX
60°C
Stable drying temp.
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EU Green Deal · Farm to Fork Circular Economy Action Plan UN SDG 12.3 · Halve Food Waste EU Dual-Use Strategy NATO STANAG 2937 HACCP Compliant EU Green Deal · Farm to Fork Circular Economy Action Plan UN SDG 12.3 · Halve Food Waste EU Dual-Use Strategy NATO STANAG 2937 HACCP Compliant
01 — The Problem

Two waste streams.
One circular loop.

Miners waste 99% — and stop

ASIC miners vent ~99% of their electricity as heat and get publicly criticised for it. Worse: in bear markets they simply shut down. Second Bite keeps them productive — every kWh fights food waste even when BTC isn't profitable.

58 Mt food lost / year

Europe discards tens of millions of tonnes of edible food. Fruit is dumped for cosmetic defects, surplus harvests and logistical delays — and producers pay to dispose of it.

Expensive dehydration

Traditional dryers run on gas or grid electricity — 40–60% of production cost is energy alone, exposing buyers to price volatility and ESG risk.

Fragile supply chains

Civil protection and defence agencies depend on long-shelf-life rations sourced from energy-intensive, non-compliant suppliers — a strategic liability.

02 — Technology

Thermal Arbitrage,
engineered end-to-end.

A zero-marginal-cost thermal model. Solar-powered compute generates revenue in BTC or colocation; its exhaust heat is recovered, food-safe-isolated, and stabilised into a precision 60 °C drying line.

Live · System schematic
Hot stream Clean stream Power
01 · SOLAR PV Low-marginal-cost power ₿ 24/7 02 · ASIC / DC COMPUTE Antminer S23 · BTC + colocation revenue DIRTY · 40–80°C HACCP BARRIER 03 · RECUPERATOR Air-to-air · food-safe isolation cooled exhaust CLEAN · 60°C 60°C 04 · DRYING CHAMBER Stabilised 60°C · uniform output SECOND BITE DEHYDRATED FRUIT 100% RECOVERED ENERGY >350 KCAL / 100G 05 · OUTPUT B2B + NATO-aligned 99% ENERGY RECOVERED · COP ≥ 3.5 · ZERO MARGINAL THERMAL COST · HACCP COMPLIANT
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01
Solar PV +
grid balancing
Low-marginal-cost power drives compute; renewables qualify the facility for EU incentives.
02
ASIC / data-centre
compute
Monetises electricity 24/7 as BTC or colocation revenue — active even in bear markets.
03
Heat capture
40–80 °C
High-efficiency ducting recovers the full exhaust enthalpy from the server aisle.
04
Cooling system
to air
Matched to the latest Antminer S23 (Air-Cooled). HACCP-compliant isolation: dirty compute air never touches the clean drying stream.
05
Stabilised drying
60 °C
Inline thermal boosters hold setpoint regardless of compute load — uniform, food-grade output.
COP target
≥ 3.5

Dehydration coefficient of performance using recovered enthalpy vs. traditional electric dryers.

Energy mix
100% recovered

Every dried kilogram carries zero marginal thermal energy cost. Compute pays the electricity bill.

Product density
> 350 kcal / 100 g

Meets the caloric threshold for NATO STANAG 2937 survival rations and EU civil-protection reserves.

03 — What we sell

A modular facility
and the food it makes.

Customers see a simple, consistent B2B supply of dehydrated fruit delivered in bulk — ready for cereals, snacks, bars, yoghurts, private label, and emergency rations. Behind it sits a replicable engineering blueprint we can license to data centres, miners, cooperatives and renewable farms across Europe.

  • 20–40% cheaper than conventional dehydrated fruit — energy is recovered, not purchased.
  • Automatic ESG compliance — every batch is circular-energy certified at source.
  • Triple revenue — food margin, hedged BTC / colocation income, plus tradable carbon credits from avoided emissions and displaced gas/grid heat.
  • Defense-ready — >350 kcal/100 g, long shelf life, NATO-aligned specification.
Facility · Section view
Recuperator stack
L4
Drying chamber · clean air 60°C
L3
Air-to-air heat exchanger (HACCP)
L2
Capture plenum · 40–80°C dirty air
L1
ASIC / server aisle
L0
Solar PV + grid intake
Input: 100% electrical Output: Food + BTC
04 — Markets

Three markets.
One platform.

Second Bite monetises the same stack across three growing, non-correlated industries — with optionality to compound margin wherever the cycle is strongest: crypto, food, or industrial equipment.

01
Bitcoin mining · Global
$23B+
Global BTC mining revenue · 2025

Miners search endlessly for cheaper power and ESG cover. Second Bite delivers both — subsidised heat offtake plus a public-good halo that keeps facilities running even through bear markets.

  • Hedge against BTC price volatility
  • Year-round utilisation at low hash-price
  • Licensable to any miner worldwide
02
Dehydrated fruit · EU + Defence
€5.2B+
EU dehydrated fruit + NATO / civil-protection rations

Civilian B2B demand from cereals, bars and private-label, stacked with military and civil-protection reserves (NATO STANAG 2937) — a dual-use market with public-procurement tailwinds.

  • Industrial buyers: Compal, Nestlé touchpoints
  • > 350 kcal / 100 g NATO-aligned rations
  • EU civil-protection strategic reserves
03
Equipment licensing · Dehydration + Compute
€8B+
Industrial dehydration + heat-reuse retrofits across Europe

The hardware is the long-term moat. We sell the blueprint to food dehydrators, cooperatives, renewable farms and miners wanting to de-risk through waste-heat revenue.

  • Hardware kit sales to farms & co-ops
  • IP licensing to ASIC & data-centre operators
  • Waste-heat-as-a-service contracts
Why it holds

Three revenue pools that aren't correlated — food inflation, crypto cycles and energy pricing rarely move in lock-step.

Why it's defensible

HACCP + NATO + EU Green Deal compliance bundled at source — the full-stack integration is the barrier to entry.

Why it scales

A licensing layer lets us expand without owning every facility — a capital-light path to European coverage and beyond.

05 — Impact & alignment

Measure the difference.

Two ways to read the impact: a head-to-head comparison against traditional dehydration, and a live calculator that turns volume into avoided CO₂.

Industry standard
Traditional dehydration
TeraBite-foods
Circular thermal arbitrage
01
Energy cost
Share of operational expenditure
40 – 60% of OPEX
Gas or grid electricity drives the dryers; price exposure to volatile energy markets.
~ 0% marginal
Heat is recovered exhaust from compute the customer is already running. The kWh is paid for upstream.
02
CO₂ per kg dry fruit
Scope 1 + 2, drying stage
~ 1.8 kg CO₂
~6 kWh thermal × ~0.3 kg CO₂/kWh from gas or EU grid average.
~ 0 kg CO₂
No new combustion. The thermal budget is recovered, not generated — it's already accounted for by compute revenue.
03
ESG compliance
CSRD · EU Taxonomy
Manual audit
Each batch must be carbon-accounted ad-hoc; certifications are paid for and re-audited annually.
Certified at source
Every kilogram is born circular. Compliance is a property of the facility, not a paperwork retrofit.
04
Revenue streams
Diversification & cycle hedge
1 — fruit only
Margin compresses with food inflation and energy-price spikes; no compute or carbon optionality.
3 — fruit + BTC + carbon
Food margin, hedged BTC / colocation income, and tradable carbon credits from displaced gas/grid heat.
Live impact calculator

How much CO₂ would your facility avoid?

Move the slider — set the annual volume of fresh fruit dehydrated through a TeraBite-foods recuperator. Numbers update instantly.

1500 t
100 t10,000 t / year
CO₂ avoided / year
270t
vs. gas/grid baseline at 0.18 t CO₂ per t fresh fruit dehydrated.
Heat recovered
900 MWh
≈ 600 kWh thermal per t input
Cars off the road
59
avg 4.6 t CO₂ / car / year
Trees planted equiv.
12,272
~22 kg CO₂ / tree / year
Carbon credits
21,600
at €80 / t CO₂ EU ETS
Indicative figures · final values depend on fruit type, source mix and ETS pricing.
Strategic alignment

Built into five EU agendas at once.

European orchard at sunrise
EU Green Deal · Farm to Fork
01

EU Green Deal

Surplus fruit otherwise discarded for cosmetic defects is upcycled into commercial value, on European soil.

Industrial heat-recovery facility
Circular Economy Action Plan
02

Circular Economy

Two waste streams — industrial heat and agricultural surplus — are looped into a single, high-value output.

European industrial and defense infrastructure
EU Dual-Use Strategy
03

EU Dual-Use Strategy

Civil infrastructure aligned with European Defense Fund goals: supply-chain resilience, strategic autonomy.

Fresh fruit at a European market
UN SDG 12.3 · Responsible Consumption
04

UN SDG 12.3

Halving global food waste — measurable in tonnes of fruit diverted per site, per year.

Renewable energy infrastructure
UN SDG 7 · Affordable Clean Energy
05

UN SDG 7

Energy efficiency at source: previously-vented compute heat becomes the thermal budget of a food factory.

07 — Team

Built to execute.

Business, commercial strategy and hard engineering under one roof — with institutional, supply and thermal validation already secured. Click a portrait to read the full bio.

Alexandre Mira
CEO & Co-Founder

Alexandre Mira

Strategic visionary, lead operator and Crypto Expert with a proven track record of driving business growth and securing high‑impact partnerships with ADRAL and Omerlo.

Luís Bernardo
CTO & Co-Founder

Luís Bernardo

Electrical Engineering specialist leading technical architecture and engineering strategy to ensure seamless hardware and software integration for Terabite Foods.

Rodrigo Trovisco
Strategic Technical Advisor (Electric & Computing)

Rodrigo Trovisco

Brings over 20 years of experience in the electrical and computing sectors. Throughout his career he has built deep expertise with global industry leaders such as National Oilwell Varco, OutSystems and Fujitsu. He currently serves as Product Trainer Manager at Feedzai.

Luis Abreu
Strategic Technical Advisor (Thermal Systems)

Luis Abreu

Mechanical Engineer with 14+ years of industrial thermal experience. His background includes calculating airflow, designing CAD duct layouts and configuring Siemens S7 PLC automated controls at National Oilwell Varco, as well as managing cleanroom pressure zones and airflow dynamics at Genibet Biopharmaceuticals. Having engineered complex industrial NH3/CO2 refrigeration loops at Unifrio, he is currently at Manuel J. Monteiro managing technical proposals for solar PV and heat-pump systems.

Endorsed by
Agência de Desenvolvimento Regional do Alentejo ✓ Concept reviewed
08 — Get involved

Build the second bite
with us.

Research labs, industrial buyers, data-centre operators, cooperatives, civil-protection and defence procurement — we want to hear from you before Phase 1 goes live.

We'll never share your details. Replies sent from mira@terabite-foods.com.