A 120MW data center planned for farmland in Wyoming will now have IT capacity of 1GW after the company developing the site, Wyoming Hyperscale, was merged into a new entity, Prometheus Hyperscale.
Prometheus has also revealed it plans to construct four other data centers across Arizona and Colorado.
The new company will be led by Trenton Thornock, the founder and CEO of Wyoming Hyperscale Whitebox, with Trevor Neilson, an experienced climate tech executive and investor, joining as president.
"Prometheus Hyperscale is redefining data center infrastructure," said Thornock. "Our innovative approach, which combines cutting-edge technology with a commitment to sustainability, positions us at the forefront of the industry. I am excited to work alongside Trevor Neilson, whose leadership and vision will be instrumental as we scale our operations globally."
Wyoming Hyperscale has been building a data center campus on 58 acres of land on Aspen Mountain, a remote site southeast of Evanston in Wyoming.
The company has claimed the facility will be "the most advanced sustainable data center in the United States" once up and running, and has already pledged to utilize liquid cooling, with waste heat put to use on a nearby farm.
In May it agreed to a deal to buy 100MW of energy from small nuclear reactor startup Oklo.
Capacity at the data center had been expected to be 120MW, but this has now been revised up to 1GW.
Prometheus Hyperscale has not revealed how it will obtain sufficient power for such a large facility, but says the campus will use 100 percent renewable energy and that work on the first phase is already underway. It is expected to be operational in the next 18 months.
New recruit Neilson was most recently co-founder, chairman, and CEO of WasteFuel, a company that turns rubbish into renewable fuel, and has also served as CEO of i(x) Net Zero, an investment firm he co-founded with Howard Warren Buffett, Warren Buffett’s grandson.
The company is also looking beyond the Evanston site, with plans for four other data centers, in Pueblo and Fort Morgan; and Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona.
Timelines and specifications of these projects have not been shared
