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Port Washington approves development agreement for $8 billion data center
August 20, 2025
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October 23, 2025
OpenAI, Oracle, and Vantage plan Stargate Wisconsin data center, expected to be 'close to a gigawatt'
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October 22, 2025
OpenAI, Oracle and Vantage Data Centers Announce Stargate Data Center Site in Wisconsin
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August 5, 2025
Vantage seeking 1.3GW grid connection for data center in Port Washington, Wisconsin
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June 11, 2025
Vantage identified as operator for Port Washington's proposed 3.5 gigawatt data center campus
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January 8, 2025
Massive data center complex planned for Port
Campus would cost billions, use more than a gigawatt of power, cover as many as 2,000 acres of town land annexed into city
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January 7, 2025
Massive data center project planned in Port Washington
A large data center project that could span more than 1,000 acres and cost more than $1 billion is being planned in Port Washington.
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October 10, 2024
Data Center Dynamics- The power brokers: Brian Janous on building Cloverleaf Infrastructure
Brian Janous on how data centers can survive the grid crunch
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July 18, 2024
Sandbrook Capital invested $300 million in Cloverleaf Infrastructure
NGP and Sandbrook Capital invested $300 million in Cloverleaf Infrastructure, a Houston, Texas and Seattle, Wash.-based infrastructure sites developer.
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July 18, 2024
Axios - Pro Rata Newsletter
Cloverleaf Infrastructure, a Houston developer of clean energy-based data centers, secured $300m in equity funding from Sandbrook Capital and NGP Energy Capital
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July 18, 2024
Renewables Now - Cloverleaf raises USD 300m to develop clean-powered data centres
Private equity firms NGP and Sandbrook Capital have jointly injected more than USD 300 million (EUR 274.3m) into Cloverleaf Infrastructure, a US company developing clean-powered data centre sites.
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July 18, 2024
Houston Business Journal - Houston energy leaders form new company, raise $300m to help build data centers
Several executives formerly at Houston-based renewable energy developers are embarking on a new project tapping into one of the biggest current technology trends: data centers.
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July 18, 2024
IPE Real Assets - NGP and Sandbrook back Cloverleaf Infrastructure's $300m fundraise
Cloverleaf Infrastructure has secured over $300m (€274m) from investors including NGP and Sandbrook Capital to develop data centres sites in the US.
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Data Center Dynamics - Cloverleaf Infrastructure secures $300m for clean energy data center campuses
Cloverleaf Infrastructure has secured $300 million in funding for its clean energy data center campuses.
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July 18, 2024
ImpactAlpha - Cloverleaf rakes in $300 million from Sandbrook and NGP for clean-powered digital infrastructure
Surging demand for electricity for cloud computing and artificial intelligence poses major climate risks if the power comes from fossil fuels, rather than renewable energy.
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July 18, 2024
ESG Today - Cloverleaf Infrastructure Raises $300 Million to Develop Low Carbon Data Center Sites
Power infrastructure company Cloverleaf Infrastructure announced today that it has raised over $300 million, with proceeds to be used to develop data center sites that run on low-carbon electricity across the U.S.
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July 17, 2024
Bloomberg First Word – Cloverleaf Raises >$300M From NGP and Sandbrook Capital
Cloverleaf Infrastructure secures commitments from PE investors alongside contributions from its management team.
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July 17, 2024
Axios Pro - Cloverleaf raises $300M for clean energy data centers
Clean energy data center company Cloverleaf Infrastructure says it has commitments for $300 million from two private equity firms.
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July 17, 2024
Law360 - PE Firms Plug $300M Into Digital Infrastructure Developer
Digital infrastructure site developer Cloverleaf Infrastructure on Wednesdsay announced that it has received more than $300 million in commitments from private equity shops.
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July 17, 2024
WSJ - Sandbrook and NGP Pledge $300 Million to Data-Center Power Infrastructure Developer
The private-equity firms committed $150 million apiece to Cloverleaf Infrastructure, which helps data centers secure clean-energy power supplies
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July 17, 2024
USA Herald - Cloverleaf $300M Investment for Digital Infrastructure Project
Cloverleaf, a recently formed company, focuses on developing large-scale digital infrastructure sites powered by low-carbon electricity, according to a statement. The company collaborates with regional utilities and data center operators in the U.S. to provide clean electricity through strategic investments in transmission, grid interconnection, land, onsite power generation, and electricity storage.
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Watt It Takes: Cloverleaf Infrastructure Co-Founder and CCO Brian Janous
The growth of data centers and the massive amount of power they require is reshaping the energy landscape. Today, I want to zero in on a specific challenge at the heart of it all: the watt bit spread, a phrase coined by this month’s guest. The Watt Bit Spread is the gap between the cost of electricity and the value of computing—computing meaning, the processing power behind AI, cloud services, and digital infrastructure. Bridging that gap is one of the keys to unlocking both data center growth and new power generation.
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Analyzing Data Center Flexibility to Meet Growing Power Demands
Power demand from data centers is clearly increasing faster than current electric infrastructure and markets can accommodate. Therefore, data centers and grid operators are exploring one workaround: flexing data center loads during peak demand times. Brian Janous, of Cloverleaf Infrastructure, and Chris Pennington, of Iron Mountain Data Centers, discuss the current opportunities and challenges to data center flexibility.
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Grid Chaos and Data Centers: Where To Go From Here
In this episode of Plugged In, host Chuck Hanna welcomes Brian Janous, Co-founder of Cloverleaf Infrastructure and former leader of Microsoft’s global energy team. They explore the energy sector’s changing dynamics, driven by skyrocketing demand from data centers and a shift in emphasis from buying energy to securing capacity. Janous shares insights from his 25-year career in the power and utilities industry, highlighting the current strain on the grid, the role of utilities, and the importance of building energy resilience.
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