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About Alpine Data Centers

An Operating Partner for
AI-Ready Edge Capacity

Alpine Data Centers designs, builds, and operates high-density AI infrastructure across North America — modular and containerized data centers backed by decades of real data center operating experience.

The Opportunity

The AI Infrastructure Supercycle

The first wave of AI infrastructure built giant training campuses. The next wave is inference — distributed to the edge, close to where AI is used. Inference is becoming the primary driver of AI compute, and it has to run close to users.

That favors a different kind of facility: smaller, modular, high-density sites — freestanding or retrofit into existing buildings — deployed near demand in months, not years. Facility experience — not access to hardware — is the scarce ingredient in designing, building, and operating this new class of facility.

Alpine Data Centers was built to close that gap, carrying forward decades of real data center operating discipline into North America's AI edge build-out.

"Alpine's approach is grounded in operating history — not a thesis written for the AI cycle. Our leadership pioneered modular, liquid-cooled data center systems and scaled global technology businesses across infrastructure, power, and thermal management."

Months
Site selection to energized capacity
6×
AI inference traffic growth by 2028
1–5 MW
Modular edge focus, per site
3
Integrated lines of business
Company Overview

Alpine Data Centers

Focus

1–5 MW Modular Edge

High-density edge data centers — freestanding or retrofit — sited near AI inference demand across North America.

Role

Design, Build & Operate

We design, build, and operate the facility — serving as the accountable on-site operating partner for the life of the asset.

Experience

Decades in the Field

Leadership that pioneered modular, liquid-cooled data centers and scaled global infrastructure, thermal, and technology businesses.

Mission

Close the Execution Gap

Turn AI capital into operating edge capacity — modular, power-smart, engineered for density, and run for uptime.

What We Do

Three Lines of Business

An integrated platform spanning custom modular infrastructure, fast-deploying containerized edge nodes, and the real estate expertise to site them both.

01 · Modular

Modular Data Centers

The MDC Series — custom, purpose-built steel modules bolted into Tier III halls of any size, sized from 1 MW to 5.6 MW+.

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02 · Containerized

Containerized Data Centers

Factory-built, liquid-cooled 1–5 MW modules — freestanding or retrofit — fully tested before shipping and energized in months.

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03 · Real Estate/Hosting

Real Estate/Hosting Advisory

Power-advantaged site selection, due diligence, retrofit-building evaluation, and hosting/colocation partner matching.

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What Drives Us

Vision & Mission

Vision

A North America where AI inference runs on power-smart, thermal-first infrastructure deployed in months, not years — close to the people and systems that use it.

Mission

Turn AI capital into operating edge capacity — designing, building, and operating modular and containerized data centers with the real estate discipline to site them right the first time.

Operators, Not Just Developers

Accountable for uptime and performance over the asset's life — not a handoff at ribbon-cutting.

Thermal-First Engineering

High-density, liquid-cooled design as the starting point, not an afterthought.

Power-First Underwriting

Every project begins with securing power and a credible path to energization.

End-to-End Accountability

Site → design → build → commission → operate → optimize, under one relationship.

Leadership

Founder-Led, Field-Tested

Alpine Data Centers is led by an executive who has built and operated data center, power, and thermal technology businesses at global scale.

Terry H. O'Neal

Terry H. O'Neal

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Executive Experience

  • CEO, E2 Data Centers
  • CEO / Board Director of five global technology companies (MNC- and PE-owned)
  • President & COO, SACO Technologies
  • CEO, Traxon Technologies / OSRAM Solutions
  • CEO, Abrisa Technologies
  • President & COO, Kavlico Corporation
  • Schneider Electric — 19-year career in Sales, Operations & M&A

Education

MBA, Duke University  ·  B.S. Engineering Technology, Texas A&M University

Track Record

Led global technology businesses with up to US$200M in revenue and 1,600 staff across North America, Europe, and Asia. Deep operating experience in data center infrastructure, modular design, thermal management, and OEM go-to-market.

AST Modular Schneider Electric OSRAM / Traxon SACO Kavlico
Our Pedigree

Built on Real Data Center Experience

Alpine's approach is grounded in operating history — not a thesis written for the AI cycle. Our leadership pioneered modular, liquid-cooled data center systems and scaled global technology businesses across infrastructure, power, and thermal management.

Modular Edge Pioneers

Designed & deployed containerized, liquid-cooled IT and power modules — the original high-density edge playbook.

AST Modular · acq. by Schneider Electric, 2014

Power & Energy

Leadership across power quality, energy management, and electrical distribution at global scale.

Schneider Electric · 19 Years

Technology & Thermal

Sensors, LED, and advanced thermal systems — engineering-led product and operations.

OSRAM / Traxon · SACO · Kavlico
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