Digital Power Optimization, Inc. (DPO) has launched a new data center platform targeting AI-focused facilities.

DPO, a developer focused on placing cryptomine facilities at energy sites, last week announced the launch of Greenlight Data Centers, a new firm aiming to develop “AI-ready data center infrastructure.”

DPO said it will continue to focus on proof-of-work computing and renewable energy integration, while Greenlight will operate independently to deliver energized, entitled, and strategically located AI-ready data center infrastructure.

Greenlight said it is actively developing 20-100MW projects across the central US, and expects to bring its first energized sites online in 2027.

Further details weren’t shared, but the company told Fierce Network it was targeting locations outside Oklahoma City, Kansas City, and Memphis as some initial prospects and will be using modular construction initially.

Once its initial handful of sites are acquired and developed to a shovel-ready state – hopefully over the next six months – Greenlight will seek funding from investors to start construction on those sites, its execs told the publication.

"Greenlight Data Centers delivers the rackspace AI builders urgently need, without the delays that typically plague large-scale data center development," said Alex Stoewer, CEO of Greenlight Data Centers and DPO co-founder. "By focusing on AI-ready data centers that are 20 to 100 MW in size, we leverage existing electrical infrastructure in regions with excess capacity, places where speed is possible, and energy is available now. We're not speculating - we're executing."

The new firm says its NextSight development process can take projects from site control to notice-to-proceed in months, not years. The company said its “power-first model” will secure locations with available power, fiber, and minimal permitting hurdles, aiming to turn “underutilized substations and latent energy into operational assets.”

"We've been building data centers in overlooked places with excess power since 2020," said Andrew Webber, CEO of DPO and chairman of Greenlight Data Centers. "Hyperscalers have snapped up nearly every available large utility footprint on the grid. Opportunities are available, but they are fragmented and located outside of major hubs, and we know how to find, evaluate, and act on those opportunities better than anyone else."

Formed in 2020, DPO places data centers – often cryptomining facilities – behind-the-meter at renewable energy sites to utilize any spare capacity, and can turn down its facilities during times of high demand. DPO has previously deployed data centers across the US that were directly connected to wind, solar, hydro, and gas generation assets.

Earlier this year, DPO secured land and power for a 20MW HPC data center in Wisconsin, which is expected to go live in 2026. The company partnered with utility Consolidated Water Power Company (CWPCo) on the $200 million project.

In April 2024, the firm partnered with Schneider Electric to design, construct, and deploy ‘modular AI data centers’ behind-the-meter at multiple Texas wind farms – totaling up to 100MW across six sites.

In early 2022, the company closed a $2.5 million Series A funding round led by Bitcoin company NYDIG.