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Birch NexusPrivate Behind-the-Meter Energy Platform for AI Compute and Grid Resilience
A hydrogen-ready energy development concept in San Bernardino County designed for reliable, scalable, behind-the-meter power.
- Phase 1 target
- 30–49 MW
- Integrated resources
- Solar + BESS
- Generation concept
- H₂-ready
- County, California
- San Bernardino
01 · Project overview
A private energy platform built for the next decade of compute.
Birch Nexus is a private behind-the-meter energy platform for AI compute, grid resilience, and scalable power development. The platform is structured to deliver dispatchable, reliable electrons directly to large industrial loads — beginning with a Phase 1 development in California's high-growth Inland Empire.
Audience
- · Infrastructure investors
- · Family offices
- · Strategic partners
- · Energy development stakeholders
02 · Phase 1 strategy
30–49 MW. Disciplined first build.
Right-sized first phase
A 30–49 MW Phase 1 footprint optimized for permitting velocity, deliverability, and behind-the-meter configuration adjacent to load.
Modular & scalable
Phase 1 is structured as a repeatable building block — designed to scale across additional sites as offtake demand grows.
Reliability first
Architecture engineered for high availability and resilience to serve mission-critical compute loads.
03 · Energy architecture
Hydrogen-ready generation, solar, and storage — integrated by design.
Hydrogen-ready generation
Primary generation engineered to transition to hydrogen as fuel infrastructure matures — future-proofing the platform's emissions profile.
Solar PV
Co-located photovoltaic generation contributing low-marginal-cost daytime electrons and offsetting fuel consumption.
Battery energy storage (BESS)
Storage for shaping, firming, and resilience — enabling round-the-clock delivery to behind-the-meter loads.
04 · Strategic location
San Bernardino County, California.
Inland Empire · Southern California
San Bernardino County sits at the intersection of California's load-growth corridor and the broader Western interconnection. The region combines high solar irradiance, large industrial-zoned parcels, and rapidly expanding data center and AI compute demand.
Siting Phase 1 in this market positions Birch Nexus directly adjacent to long-tenor power buyers without depending on constrained transmission build-out.
Why here
- California's Inland Empire is a leading data center growth market
- High solar irradiance suitable for co-located PV
- Large industrial-zoned parcels available at scale
- Proximity to load reduces transmission dependency
05 · Infrastructure advantage
Behind the meter. Beyond the queue.
Behind-the-meter
Direct delivery to host load avoids reliance on congested interconnection queues and transmission upgrades.
Dispatchable
Firm, dispatchable power profile suited to 24/7 industrial demand.
Hydrogen-ready
Architecture designed to accept hydrogen as a fuel pathway emerges.
Compute-aligned
Engineered to the reliability, density, and ramp characteristics AI compute requires.
06 · Market opportunity
The energy gap behind AI compute.
The build-out of AI compute is constrained less by chips than by available, reliable power. Hyperscale and colocation operators are actively seeking firm, scalable energy adjacent to load — at a pace traditional utility processes cannot meet alone. Birch Nexus is structured to address that gap directly.
Demand-driven
Power scarcity is now the binding constraint on data center growth.
Time-to-power matters
Behind-the-meter projects can deliver electrons faster than transmission-dependent peers.
Long-tenor buyers
Hyperscale and colocation operators contract for long durations at scale.
07 · Development roadmap
A staged path to commercial operation.
- 1
Site control & land position
Securing land control in San Bernardino County for the Phase 1 footprint.
- 2
Energy architecture design
Hydrogen-ready generation paired with solar PV and battery energy storage system design.
- 3
Interconnection & permitting strategy
Behind-the-meter configuration and permitting pathway for the 30–49 MW Phase 1.
- 4
Anchor offtake engagement
Engagement with AI compute and data center energy buyers.
- 5
Phase 1 development capital
Development-stage capital formation with infrastructure investors and strategic partners.
- 6
Construction & commissioning
Build-out of Phase 1 generation, storage, and balance-of-plant.
- 7
Commercial operation
Phase 1 energization and commencement of behind-the-meter delivery.
08 · Request meeting
Engage with the Birch Nexus team.
We share confidential materials with qualified infrastructure investors, family offices, strategic partners, and energy development stakeholders under NDA.
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