Real estate firm Prime Group Holdings is set to deploy Edge data centers across the US.

The company, which traditionally invested in self-storage properties, this week announced its digital infrastructure division will be deploying Edge data centers and battery energy storage systems (BESS) across numerous properties within its existing nationwide portfolio.

Prime Group will be partnering with Microsoft and Hanwha subsidiaries Qcells and TransGrid Energy to create a “hyper-connected, low-latency network” focused on inference workloads.

“By utilizing available power capacity and existing on-site infrastructure, Prime Group is well-positioned to support distributed solutions designed to meet the growing demands of AI-driven applications,” the company said. “Prime Group’s 'Micro AI Factory' network is designed to deliver the responsiveness and reliability that support applications such as computer vision, speech recognition, and industrial automation.”

Founded in 2013, Prime Group Holdings is a real estate private equity platform with a footprint across North America and the Caribbean. The company and its affiliates own and manage more than $10 billion of gross assets. Prime Group should not be confused with Prime Data Centers, an established data center developer that counts Macquarie Capital, Ares Management, Snowhawk, and Nuveen as investors.

Prime Group is a major holder of self-storage assets, operating from 450 properties through its Prime Storage arm. Prime Group said its real estate footprint is in dense urban and suburban markets, close to approximately 95 percent of the US population.

“Our national footprint and available power capacity create a compelling opportunity to enhance our assets through targeted energy and data infrastructure applications,” said Robert J. Moser, CEO of Prime Group. “By integrating Microsoft Azure with Qcells’ agentic energy optimization technologies, we are able to generate additional revenue, reduce peak energy demand, and support grid resiliency, all within the framework of assets we already own and operate.”

At locations where additional power capacity could be beneficial, Prime Group is leveraging TransGrid Energy for power generation and storage.

“Reliable, energy-aware operations are essential for distributed AI,” said Dr. Youngchoon Park, president of grid & energy services at Qcells. “Hanwha’s energy generation deployment and optimization technologies will enable Prime Group’s efforts to deploy responsive, grid-aligned AI facilities across the country,” added Sean Park, president of TransGrid Energy.

Prime Group has launched a new website, The Edge, offering a number of Edge compute services across the US.

The Edge’s website lists 14 available ‘hubs’ across the US, including sites in Washington, California, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Illinois, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts. All listed locations are at Prime Group self-storage facilities. Dozens of smaller ‘spoke’ and ‘satellite’ locations are listed.

Listed power at sites ranges from around 500kW to 13MW of ‘available today’ capacity – though most are below 1.5MW – with future sites listing available power ranging from 2.5MW to as much as 18MW, set to be deployed in several phases.

Data center design firm Alosanar is listed as a project partner. Alosanar CEO Emmanuel Daniel also holds a role at Qcells North America.

“Organizations increasingly need AI infrastructure that is both distributed and energy-aware,” added Ulrich Homann, corporate vice president of cloud and AI at Microsoft. “Prime Group’s approach demonstrates how Microsoft Azure can help support real-time AI applications at the edge while enabling efficient management of energy resources.”