Cloverleaf Infrastructure
Category: AI Infrastructure
US data center "powered land" developer that secures clean power, land, and grid interconnection for gigawatt-scale AI data center sites. Cloverleaf Infrastructure was founded in 2024. The company is led by David Berry. Based in Houston, Texas, USA. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $300.0M. Latest round: Strategic Investment. Key investors include Sandbrook Capital, NGP Energy Capital Management, NVIDIA (minority strategic investment).
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $300.0M
Value proposition
Cloverleaf acts as a "powered land" developer and middleman between utilities and data center operators, securing clean power, land, and grid interconnection to deliver shovel-ready, gigawatt-scale AI data center sites faster.
Products and solutions
Ready-to-build powered land sites for data centers, Red Granite project (up to 1,900 acres, 3.5 GW by 2030, Midwestern US), Project Open Sky (633-acre campus in Canadian County, Oklahoma), grid interconnection, onsite storage and generation services.
Unique value
Energy-first development approach: prioritizes power availability and grid reliability at every stage, delivering ready-to-build sites with clean power, expedited speed-to-market, and community/utility alignment.
Target customer
Hyperscale data center users and providers, utilities, and energy-intensive industries needing gigawatt-scale clean-powered sites.
Industries served
AI data center infrastructure, clean energy, digital infrastructure, utilities and power grid
Technology advantage
Deep energy expertise from ex-Microsoft energy leadership; energy-first site development; NVIDIA DSX platform adoption for AI-factory design; strategic NVIDIA partnership and minority investment enabling full AI factory stack engagement.
How they differentiate
Unlike pure data center developers, Cloverleaf focuses on the power/grid layer first — securing clean power and utility agreements before site buildout — positioning it as a strategic "powered land" enabler amid AI compute power constraints.
Main competitors
Data center site/power developers such as Lancium, Crusoe Energy, and other "powered land" / energy-first data center developers
Key partnerships
NVIDIA strategic partnership (Aug 2026) — NVIDIA minority investment, Cloverleaf adopts NVIDIA DSX platform, customers gain access to full AI factory stack (accelerated computing, networking, infrastructure software)
Notable customers
Oracle, OpenAI, Vantage Data Centers (Wisconsin Stargate/Lighthouse — Port Washington / Red Granite powered-land site)
Major milestones
Founded 2024 by ex-Microsoft energy head Brian Janous, David Berry, and Jonathan Abebe, raised $300M from Sandbrook Capital and NGP (July 2024), Red Granite project (3.5 GW by 2030), NVIDIA strategic partnership and minority investment (Aug 2026)
Growth metrics
5 GW sold to-date; 12+ GW active pipeline; 30+ employees (company deck Aug 2026); DCD reports >7 GW sold and >10 GW pipeline (Aug 2026)
Market positioning
Early-stage, well-capitalized player in the emerging "powered land" / data center site development niche, backed by major climate PE investors and now NVIDIA, addressing the power bottleneck in AI compute expansion.
Geographic focus
United States (Midwest, Oklahoma, and other high-power regions)
About David Berry
Ex-Co-Founder & CFO of ConnectGen and Clean Line Energy Partners (clean energy/transmission developers); Rice University. Co-founded Cloverleaf Infrastructure as CEO.
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Official website: https://www.cloverleafinfra.com
