# Compute Grid | Big Mech Energy Idle Wiki

Unlocked by scrapping the **MechCorp Data Center**. The racks run your workloads now. Idle **Intrusion Protocols** (Recon Node, Cache Farm, Mainframe) yield **Compute**, one run at a time.

- **Compute buys permanently:** CPU (max active attacks), Storage (stash cap), and **Lattice Conductance**, which eases the booster stacking penalty on the MechMaxxing board.
- **Conductance scales forever.** Each rank removes 8 percent of the remaining penalty, multiplicatively: the penalty approaches zero and never arrives. Wiring itself is never limited.
- **Nothing is taken away at unlock.** The grid only enables.