Gridless Compute (Gridless) is a Bitcoin mining company founded in 2022, operating primarily in East Africa (Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, with expansions ongoing). The company deploys Bitcoin mining sites in rural mini-grids powered by renewable energy sources (hydro, geothermal, biomass, solar), acting as an anchor tenant and buyer of last resort for excess energy that would otherwise be wasted or underutilized. Gridless shares mining revenue with energy producers (mini-grid IPPs), making mini-grids financially sustainable, enabling expansion, lower power prices, and more community connections (e.g., thousands of households/businesses electrified across sites). The model decentralizes the Bitcoin network while driving rural electrification and sustainability. Gridless has built multiple sites (reports of 5–7 sites across 4 countries as of 2025), with small-to-mid scale per site (typically 20kW to 1MW range, e.g., 20kW on 100kW hydro mini-grid, 600kW on 1MW). Key innovations include Gridless OS, a real-time optimization system running on ruggedized edge servers to coordinate miners based on mini-grid parameters (generation output, demand, capacity, frequency), enabling demand response, alerting, monitoring, and supply matching. The company is a founding member of the Green Africa Mining Alliance (GAMA) and partners with local IPPs (e.g., HydroBox in Kenya). Gridless is backed by investors like Jack Dorsey's Block and focuses on clean, affordable energy access. As of early 2026, Gridless is active with 6–7 operational sites, ongoing project development, and revenue-sharing for rural mini-grids.