The fastest megawatt is already built.

Argo Atlas uses AI to turn flexible load at existing plants into firm capacity for data centers.

I run a plant I need capacity for a data center

Now recruiting founding partner plants

Why now

AI is adding load faster than the grid can build. Flexibility closes the gap.

76–126GW

of new load the U.S. grid can absorb today, if that load can flex 0.25–1% of the year.

Duke University, Feb 2025

~12%

of all U.S. electricity could go to data centers by 2030 in the reference case, up from 4.4% in 2023.

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab: 2030 from Jun 2026 update, 2023 from Dec 2024 report

1.7GW

of flexible load screened by Argo Atlas at existing water and wastewater plants.

Our screen of public data, Oct 2026

Data centers shouldn't have to flex. We find the plants that can.

See how it works

Anatomy of an event

Four hours on a hot afternoon. Fifty megawatts no one had to build.

Simulated · Northern Virginia hub4:30 pm

4:00 pm
Grid alert
The grid operator calls a peak event.
4:02 pm
Dispatch
Argo Atlas signals 42 plants in the same grid zone.
4:30 pm
Delivered
Pumps run from storage, aeration trims, mills pause. Every megawatt is metered.
8:00 pm
Back to normal
Plants ramp back gradually. Treatment and production never left their limits.

Plants responding

Load shifted

50.0MW

Data center

Firm

New-build cost avoided

$115M

Simulated event using real plant locations. New-build cost avoided is a one-time capital comparison, not event revenue: 50 MW at the cost of Duke Energy Progress's proposed 255 MW, $584M gas peaker in North Carolina (about $2,290 per kW), denied by regulators on Sep 18, 2026. A peaker can run any hour; flexible load covers event hours.

How it works

Find. Model. Deliver.

Find

AI screens thousands of water, wastewater and industrial plants for load that can move.

Model

Each plant is modeled hour by hour and tested on site, so every megawatt is backed by contract before we commit it.

Deliver

Plants are paid to flex a few hours a year. Data centers get firm, metered capacity.

Choose your path

One contract that works for every side.

Delivered through utility capacity contracts and bring-your-own-capacity programs, matched to your utility and grid zone.

Water & wastewater

Earn from flexibility you already have.

Shift pumping and aeration during short grid events, inside the limits your operators set.

Get my Flex Snapshot Heavy industry

Get paid to plan around a few short events.

Melt shops, mills, air separation and furnaces turn scheduled flexibility into contracted revenue.

See what my plant could earn Data centers

Firm capacity without waiting on new build.

We contract metered flexibility on your utility so your load can connect sooner.

Request a Speed-to-Power Brief

Team

We have run the plants and built the companies.

Backed by Spring Lane CapitalFormer EVP, Woodard & Curran$80M+ in energy exitsCo-founder, NextGridMBR engineering, Koch Membrane SystemsCommercial lead, Cambrian InnovationWood MackenzieDesigned the plants we model

Miles Walker

Co-Founder & CEO

25 years building sustainable infrastructure. Former EVP of Energy at Woodard & Curran. Co-founded NextGrid, an energy credit aggregator he grew and sold, and built a community solar platform.

Justin Hines

Co-Founder & VP Commercial

Membrane bioreactor engineer at Microdyn-Nadir and Koch, then commercial lead at Cambrian Innovation and utility advisor at Wood Mackenzie.

Start here

See what your plant or campus could do.

Plants get a free Flex Snapshot right away and a full case study within two business days. Data centers get a Speed-to-Power Brief for their site. Investors, we'd love to talk.