AI-ready power campuses
Renewable infrastructure for the AI era.
Mendara Energy develops pre-built, off-grid renewable power campuses for AI and data center tenants. We own the land and the power infrastructure; tenants lease ground and buy power. The result: tenant time-to-compute compressed from 3–7 years on grid to 8–9 months on a ready Tier III platform.
About
Owning the constraint on AI.
The constraint on AI isn't chips. It's power. Hyperscalers will spend roughly $600 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026 and cannot build campuses fast enough. Grid interconnection in primary markets now takes 3–7 years. Ready-to-build land with dedicated power is the scarcest resource in the AI supply chain.
Mendara Energy builds pre-certified Tier III renewable campuses on controlled land in cooperative utility territories, then leases ground and sells power to AI and data center tenants. We retain permanent ownership of the land and power infrastructure. Tenants do the compute.
Our first campus is targeted at 30 MW, 100% renewable from day one: solar, hydrogen-ready turbines, and battery storage, with PuebloPlex in southern Colorado as the lead candidate site. Q3 2027 groundbreaking pending site agreement.
Compressed time-to-compute
8–9 months tenant operational after platform handover. 50–70% schedule compression vs. grid-interconnected sites.
Permanent ownership economics
Mendara retains the land and the power infrastructure. Two revenue streams: ground lease plus power lease, under tenants who do the compute.
Prosperity by design
100% renewable. Top-of-market wages for a locally-hired workforce. Communities benefit from the project, not despite it.
Approach
Off-grid by design. Permanent by structure.
Local by intent.
The McDonald's of powered land.
Most data center developers build the building. Mendara builds the land and the power.
We secure controlled sites in cooperative utility territories, then build the central renewable power plant alongside the Tier III electrical platform that meets enterprise reliability standards. Tenants lease ground from us and buy power from us. They focus on the compute. We focus on keeping the lights on.
The economics work like a franchise. McDonald's makes more from real estate than from burgers; Mendara captures the land-and-power economics under tenants who run the compute. Built once, leased many times, owned permanently.
100% renewable, off-grid by design.
Mendara campuses operate independently of grid interconnection. The power stack is engineered for 24/7 dispatchable performance:
- Hydrogen-ready turbinesPrimary baseload generation, dispatchable at any hour.
- Solar PVSecondary daytime generation, oversized to charge storage.
- Battery energy storageBridges solar gaps and provides stability for compute-grade loads.
- Tier III platformRedundant switchgear, UPS, and distribution meeting enterprise reliability standards.
Off-grid siting eliminates the 3–7 year interconnection wait that constrains development in primary markets. It also keeps Mendara infrastructure outside investor-owned utility rate cases. No impact on residential ratepayers in host communities.
Built to be welcomed, not tolerated.
Most data center developers face community opposition because the pattern is familiar: outside capital, imported workers, local externalities. Mendara is structured differently, on purpose.
Our operating model is built around a permanent workforce paid at top-of-market wages plus a reliability premium, with hiring pipelines anchored in local tradesmen, unemployed local workers, and graduates of nearby community colleges and universities. The wage strategy isn't aspirational; it's central to the financial model. Reliability is our entire product, and the cost of an SLA failure exceeds the cost of paying operators well.
Construction phases bring approximately $100M+ in spending to host communities, with local-contractor preference. Ongoing operations bring high-wage permanent jobs that stabilize working families and feed the local tax base.
Mendara is a developer that brings prosperity to the places that host it. That's not marketing. That's how the model is built.
First Campus
Lead candidate: Pueblo, Colorado.
Mendara is pursuing discussions with PuebloPlex on a 30 MW renewable power campus across 200 acres, designed to host AI and data center tenants with full operational independence from grid constraints.
Site & Setting
We are pursuing discussions with PuebloPlex, the 15,847-acre former Pueblo Chemical Depot now operating as a quasi-governmental industrial development zone, regarding a campus on the property. The site sits 15 miles outside the city of Pueblo in cooperative utility territory, outside investor-owned utility constraints that are slowing comparable projects in primary markets like Virginia and Ohio.
The campus is planned around six 5 MW lots for AI and data center tenants. Tenants would reach compute-operational in 8–9 months after platform handover, compared to 3–7 years on grid-interconnected sites.
Why Pueblo
Pueblo is a community in transition. The closure of the Comanche 3 coal plant has left a skilled workforce: electricians, mechanical technicians, control-room operators, instrumentation specialists. Their capabilities transfer directly to renewable power operations. Pueblo Community College and Colorado State University Pueblo provide the educational infrastructure to anchor a long-term hiring pipeline.
The convergence of available skilled labor, cooperative utility territory, and a city actively seeking transformative economic development is why Pueblo is our lead candidate for this model. We're approaching this as a partnership with the community.
Leadership
A developer team building infrastructure for the AI era.
Adam Feuerstein
Founder & CEO
Adam founded Mendara Energy to build the renewable infrastructure category that AI demand requires. He leads strategy, capital, and partnerships across the platform, directing site selection, tenant development, financing structure, and the workforce model that anchors Mendara in its host communities. Mendara is working towards its first 30 MW campus in southern Colorado.
Contact
Investor inquiries, civic partnerships, and tenant introductions.
Mendara Energy is the trade name of RPS Energy Development LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. Operating address: Denver, Colorado.