9–12 Months
Maximum Customization
Warm Shell Building
Tenant-ready building with central infrastructure fully installed and an unfinished, customizable interior. You design the data hall to your standards.
Backbone Digital · EdgeNow™ Computing
EdgeNow™ delivers high-density, liquid-cooling-ready data center capacity for AI and HPC workloads — on the grid, on schedule, and on budget. Built by a team that has commissioned more than a gigawatt of operating capacity.
The Capacity Gap
Hyperscale campuses take three to five years to deliver. Grid queues, transformer lead times, and constrained developer bandwidth are pushing critical AI workloads months — sometimes years — behind their target launch dates. EdgeNow closes that gap.
Deployable MW in the next 6–18 months is hard to secure in the right metros, on the right interconnects, with the right credit terms.
Large-scale campuses face long interconnect queues, permitting complexity, and multi-year construction schedules that can’t flex to AI launch timelines.
Higher density, liquid cooling, and step-change power demands mean most legacy facilities can’t support next-generation GPU deployments.
Transformers, gen-sets, switchgear, and chillers are all running 40–70+ week lead times. Without disciplined pre-procurement, schedules slip.
The few credible teams with execution track records are booked out years in advance, leaving enterprises with few real options.
The Backbone Solution
We focus on grid-connected, power-assured sites under 20 MW with compressed development pipelines — and pair them with standardized warm-shell, modular, or pad-ready delivery options. The result: predictable schedules, predictable costs, and capacity online when you actually need it.
We bridge the gap between “need capacity now” and “multi-year build” timelines — without the speculative risk of self-generation or behind-the-meter experiments.
Introducing EdgeNow™
EdgeNow is Backbone Digital’s repeatable delivery system for high-density edge compute. Three commercial structures, three delivery formats, three resiliency tiers — all built on the same Backbone platform standards. Procure capacity the way you buy compute, then deploy.
Pad-ready in under 6 months. Rack-ready in 9–12 months. We deliver now — not in 2028.
Our team has developed and commissioned 1,000+ MW of operating capacity across the United States.
Standardized site, building, and infrastructure designs. Same playbook, every site, anywhere we deploy.
Up to 100–240 kW racks, hybrid liquid cooling with direct-to-chip cold plate, PUE < 1.2. Engineered for next-gen GPUs.
Delivery Options
Whether you need maximum customization, plug-in speed, or pad-ready flexibility, every Backbone facility ships with the same high-density, liquid-cooling-ready, network-ready foundation.
9–12 Months
Maximum Customization
Tenant-ready building with central infrastructure fully installed and an unfinished, customizable interior. You design the data hall to your standards.
9–12 Months
Fastest Plug-In
Tenant-ready, factory-built modules with standardized power, cooling, and distribution. Plug-in ready for racking and equipment.
< 6 Months
Fastest to Start
Shell- or PMDC-ready site with utility infrastructure already in place to demarcation. Maximum flexibility for either modular or warm-shell models.
Backbone Platform Standards
Designed for up to 100–240 kW per rack to support next-generation AI accelerators and densest GPU workloads.
Direct-to-chip cold plate as primary heat capture. Facility-side rejection engineered for scalable liquid deployments.
Optimized power and cooling architecture. Predictable, measurable operating performance across every site.
Carrier-grade fiber with diverse pathways and a clear client handoff. Engineered for rapid customer turn-up.
Standardized interface specs, test plans, and turnover documentation. Clear handoff from site readiness to hardware online.
Proven Track Record
Backbone’s executives have developed and commissioned more than a gigawatt of operating projects across the United States, spanning Tier I through Tier IV deployments at hyperscale and large-scale enterprise campuses.
Southwest
100MW
Tier IV
Confidential hyperscale, two-building campus, greenfield development.
McCamey, TX
280MW
Tier I
Large-scale, behind-the-meter deployment with a top energy firm at an existing wind farm.
Midwest
300MW
Tier IV
Confidential hyperscale, five-building campus, greenfield development.
Kearney, NE
100MW
Tier I
Large-scale, greenfield development with 100 MW grid-connected transmission upgrade.
Leadership
Decades of leadership across data centers, hyperscale construction, infrastructure finance, and energy markets — with the operating reps to back it up.
CEO & Founder
Operations
Construction
Finance
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
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