FOR DATA CENTRES · THE DATA CENTRE DIVIDEND
Give your community a lasting benefit from your data centre
Help local households access solar, batteries and energy-efficient upgrades through a community program funded by you and your project partners.
Brighte brings together household engagement, accredited installers, financial support and program delivery, with reporting that shows where your investment went.
Discuss a program for your siteWHAT YOUR INVESTMENT DELIVERS
Community investment you can deliver and demonstrate
Benefits people can use
Support solar, batteries, heat pumps and energy-efficiency upgrades in the communities around your site.
One partner to coordinate delivery
Brighte manages the agreed program, from household applications to installer coordination, support and payments.
Evidence of where your funding went
Track participation, investment and completed installations across your chosen catchment.
THE COMMUNITY QUESTION
A local answer to “what’s in it for us?”
For people living near your development, the benefits need to reach their neighbourhood.
Home-energy upgrades give your community investment a practical purpose: helping households manage energy costs, putting lasting assets into local homes and creating work for participating installers.
Your team also needs a program it can deliver, manage and account for. Brighte brings those pieces together.
THE SOLUTION
Introducing the Data Centre Dividend
A configurable community energy program for data-centre operators, developers and project partners.
Funding & direction
Your data centre & project partners
Provide funding and agree the community, eligible upgrades and intended outcomes.
Program delivery
Brighte
Administers applications and assistance, coordinates installers, manages enquiries and reports on delivery.
Quotes & installation
Accredited installers
Quote for and install eligible solar, batteries, heat pumps and efficiency upgrades.
Local benefit
Households & community properties
Receive support for upgrades that suit their property and the program’s eligibility rules.
Reporting back to you. Participation, funding deployed, installations completed and other agreed measures.
A program-delivery model. Arrows show responsibilities and delivery, not electricity supply to the data centre.
You help define the local outcomes, funding and eligibility. Brighte turns the agreed program into a household journey, delivered through accredited installers and purpose-built technology.
Support can include rebates, discounts or subsidised finance, including a 0% finance option where agreed. The mix depends on your budget, community priorities and program terms.
PROGRAM OPTIONS
Built around your site and community
Solar
Batteries
Heat pumps
Energy efficiency
Households choose from eligible upgrades and participating accredited installers. The base program does not require them to switch energy retailer.
DELIVERY RESPONSIBILITIES
You set the direction. Brighte manages the delivery.
Together, we agree the catchment, funding, responsibilities and measures of success.
Your team leads the broader relationship with the community. Brighte supports program engagement and manages the practical journey.
- Household engagement and eligibility checks
- Installer matching and quotes
- Administration of financial assistance
- Installation coordination and payments
- Customer support, enquiries and complaints
- Reporting against agreed program measures
AN OPTION TO EXPLORE
The wider energy opportunity
Solar and batteries installed through the program can add distributed energy capacity around your site.
Where suitable, a coordinated battery or virtual power plant model can be explored with energy partners. This requires separate technical and commercial design, including clear household participation terms.
LET’S DISCUSS YOUR SITE
What could the Dividend deliver around your site?
Tell us where your project is, who you want to support and what you want your community investment to achieve.
We’ll work with you on a proposed program covering the catchment, upgrade options, funding, delivery responsibilities and reporting.
Program availability, assistance and eligibility depend on the agreed design. Finance is subject to applicable lending criteria and terms. Energy savings vary by property, equipment and usage. The program supports a broader community-benefit strategy; it does not guarantee community acceptance or planning approval.