In 2024, Cross River Infrastructure Partners (CRIP) expanded its energy-development work to launch a dedicated data-center development platform focused on creating world-class digital-infrastructure campuses across North America. These campuses offer both powered-land and powered-shell alternatives, giving data-center operators flexible pathways to scale rapidly with reliable, high-density power supported by CRIP’s advanced nuclear-energy development pipeline.

CRIP is developing two flagship campus locations and is currently evaluating a third, each selected for proximity to major transmission infrastructure, low-latency fiber routes, and supportive regulatory environments. CRIP is also collaborating with a local data-center operator to develop one or more facilities on these sites.

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) accelerates demand for digital capacity, power availability has become the defining constraint. Data-center electricity consumption in the U.S. is projected to rise from ~3% of total load in 2023 to 9–12% by 2030—on top of increasing electrification across transportation, heating, and industry.

CRIP’s dual expertise in energy infrastructure and nuclear development positions the platform uniquely to meet this challenge. By pairing near-term, grid-integrated power solutions with a future pathway to behind-the-meter nuclear generation, CRIP designs data-center campuses that work with the grid, not against it—leveraging existing assets, reducing system strain, and supporting long-term rate-payer affordability while enabling sustained digital and AI growth.