Nvidia and Cloverleaf have announced a strategic partnership to co-develop next-generation data center facilities optimized for high-density AI workloads.
Technology giant NVIDIA is expanding its involvement in artificial intelligence and data center construction. On August 21, Cloverleaf Infrastructure announced a strategic partnership with NVIDIA to advance digital infrastructure development across the United States. Cloverleaf supports AI buildouts by providing power sources and infrastructure for site development.
Under the agreement, NVIDIA will take a minority stake in Cloverleaf. Founded in 2024, the company raised $300 million in its first year. Cloverleaf operates largely as an intermediary between utility companies and data centers, helping AI facilities secure reliable electricity supplies. NVIDIA has increasingly taken on a larger role in financing and developing data centers that subsequently purchase the company’s AI systems. Earlier this month, NVIDIA announced a $1.5 billion investment in SB Energy to support the PORTS-Pike campus, an OpenAI-linked 10-gigawatt data center project in Pike County, Ohio.
Commenting on the SB Energy deal, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang stated, “AI is becoming infrastructure—the foundation for intelligence in every industry—and land, power and shell have become vital in the age of AI. Now is the time to scale the AI infrastructure that will power the next industrial revolution. We are securing long-lived infrastructure for NVIDIA compute so OpenAI can deploy the most productive AI factories that can be upgraded repeatedly with each new generation delivering more intelligence and better economics.”
NVIDIA will also be prominently featured at the upcoming Experience POWER conference, hosted by POWER and scheduled for September 28–30, 2026, at the Omni Shoreham in Washington, D.C. John Josephakis, NVIDIA’s Global Vice President of HPC, AI & Supercomputing, will serve as a featured speaker addressing AI integration in federal energy initiatives. Additionally, POWER will host the Data Center POWER eXchange event at the same venue on September 30 and October 1.
In a news release, Cloverleaf stated that the NVIDIA investment will enable the company “to help its customers and utility partners meet increasing demand for accelerated computing.” According to the release, the companies will collaborate “to advance the foundational infrastructure needed to support AI factory development.” Cloverleaf already maintains a substantial AI development pipeline and has “delivered multiple GW-scale projects to customers across North America,” the company noted.
“AI is accelerating demand for digital infrastructure at an unprecedented scale and driving strong economic development opportunities for American communities,” said David Berry, co-founder and CEO of Cloverleaf. “This partnership strengthens Cloverleaf’s ability to identify and develop high-quality sites that provide the compute power for our country’s growth and security. Together, we will help America’s businesses and workers gain a critical edge.”
“AI factories are the infrastructure of the intelligence age, and land, power and shell are their foundation,” said Nico Caprez, vice president of Global AI Infrastructure Growth at NVIDIA. “Cloverleaf brings deep expertise in power and site development to create exceptional, long-lived sites for generations of accelerated computing. Together, we are accelerating the build out of AI infrastructure that will strengthen America’s energy infrastructure and power the next wave of innovation.”
Cloverleaf plans to apply the NVIDIA DSX Platform to integrate site, power, cooling, computing, and facility decisions earlier in the design phase. The company indicated this approach will help clients “evaluate infrastructure tradeoffs and build AI factories that deliver more useful AI output within available power, water and grid constraints.” Furthermore, the group noted that “NVIDIA DSX infrastructure and software will help customers optimize energy use and computing capacity” at operating data center sites.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC served as exclusive financial advisor and Kirkland & Ellis LLP provided legal counsel to Cloverleaf in structuring the transaction. While the companies did not disclose specific financial terms, the Wall Street Journal reported that NVIDIA’s investment is likely to reach several hundred million dollars.
—Darrell Proctor is a senior editor for POWER.