BehindTMD
Private power, ready for hyperscale.
Generation where it's needed. Behind the meter.
Demand is outrunning supply. We build the supply.
Hyperscale data centers, factories and new industry need more power than the grid can add. New large loads wait years in line for connections and upgrades, and households end up sharing the cost.
Private power changes that. We build generation where the demand is, then own and run it. Behind the meter means the power plant and the customers it serves share the same ground, so electricity moves from the turbine to the customer without waiting on someone else's transmission line, and the cost of new supply stays off local ratepayers.
That changes everything about how fast a site comes online, what the power costs, and who controls the schedule. We do.
Assembled quietly and legally, with water, access and room to grow already worked out.
On-site generation tuned like a race engine, with storage that pushes energy back when it pays.
Substations, lines and storage that deliver power from the plant to the customer, built to the same standard.
Project Meridian
A privately developed natural gas power campus that adds new, reliable American generation, starting at 1.13 gigawatts and designed to grow to 5 gigawatts.
Status: in acquisitionProject Meridian is the site we are working to acquire and develop. Phase one is a 1.13 GW natural gas power island: generation that runs day and night, in any weather. Later phases add generation in standard blocks as demand for reliable power keeps growing.
Ready for hyperscale. Meridian is planned around large, steady loads that need firm power around the clock, the kind of demand that hyperscale data centers and heavy industry bring.
It's built and run privately, so new capacity comes online without the cost of building it landing on local ratepayers.
Location and site details stay confidential while acquisition is underway.
Putting American energy back on top.
Behind the Meter Developments is a private American power company. We develop new generation and the infrastructure that delivers it, to build, own and run for the long term. We want to be the example for the world: reliable power, built fast, built right, and built by Americans.
We believe in American freedom: the freedom to build, and the ability to turn a good idea into something real. That means quick, efficient deployment without cutting corners, and careers that last long after the ribbon is cut.
To build reliable American power that lowers costs, stores energy where it's needed and lasts for generations, while giving back to every community we serve.
- Lower pricesNew supply that brings energy costs down, not up.
- Stored powerEnergy stored where it's needed, ready when demand peaks.
- EducationTraining and education programs that open energy careers to local people.
- Clean waterLocal missions to keep the community's rivers, lakes and water clean.
Supply the grid can count on.
Firm, around-the-clock generation that adds new supply instead of competing for what's already there.
Careers, not gigs.
Stable, long-term work in construction, operations and maintenance for the communities that host us.
From plan to power, on schedule.
Standard power blocks and modular buildings that go up quickly and the same way every time.
Built on hyperscale experience. Our founder, Bo Scott, has worked in hyperscale data center development from the power side to the finish side, including Meta's 4.6-million-square-foot data center campus in Prineville, Oregon, as a contractor with Bend Construction Supply.
Everything between raw land and power delivered.
Behind-the-meter power
Natural gas generation and storage, designed, built and tuned for around-the-clock reliability.
Site selection and power
We answer the three questions before anyone commits money: is the power real, when does it turn on, and can the land be assembled.
Land assembly
Parcels put together quietly and legally, with water, access and room to grow worked out.
Permits and community
Zoning, permits and neighbor concerns solved before the public hearing, not argued about after it.
Delivery infrastructure
Substations, distribution lines and storage that carry power from the plant to the customer.
Delivery management
Schedules, suppliers and budgets held to account, with suppliers who carry the cost when they're late.
We know what we're up against before we spend a dime.
Every site is fine-tuned before ground is broken. Land, rules, people, water, sound and light are worked out up front, so the build is the easy part.
Prove the power is real
A transmission line nearby is not a site. We find out whether the capacity is already promised, what substation work it takes, what it costs, and who pays.
Get a date we can stand behind
We track the real path to energization: studies, transformer lead times, permits, zoning and easements. A vague estimate is not a schedule.
Assemble the land quietly and legally
We put parcels together without tipping off the market, so prices don't jump for everyone, including us.
Solve concerns before the hearing
We meet neighbors, regulators and the land itself early. Real concerns get solved in the plan, not argued about later.
Plan for seamless integration
Sound, light, water, traffic and planting are designed together so the campus fits the land around it instead of standing out against it.
Build modular, with suppliers who keep their word
Our suppliers deliver as promised. If they're late, they carry the cost lateness causes, because our investors' money depends on those dates.
Tune it and keep tuning
Once running, every block is measured and adjusted for fuel, air, heat and load. We build like it's an endurance race, not a sprint.
We think about a power plant the way we think about a race engine.
You tune it. You get the most out of every bit of fuel. You move air the right way. You bring the heat down. You catch the energy other people throw away.
Our generation will be natural gas: dispatchable power that's there around the clock, in any weather. We store energy where it's needed and push it back to the plant when it pays, flattening peaks so the turbines run in their sweet spot and overall costs come down. We use the earth's own cooling instead of fighting it.
Less waste. Less heat. Less land torn up. Less, done right, beats more, done fast.
American power, American jobs, American-made.
We will source American-made equipment and materials wherever they're available, and hire American crews.
We build long-term careers, not short gigs. The people who build our plants are the people we want running and maintaining them for decades.
Ten years or more. Every lead, contractor and supplier on our sites will bring at least ten years of continuous experience in their trade. Long-term money deserves people who have already proven they can deliver.
New, not unproven. We bring new technology to every site, but only technology that has already run in the field, from partners who have been building for years, not ones that appeared overnight.
Power plants and clean rivers can share a town.
We're committed to keeping the communities we serve clean and empowered.
That means water that leaves our plants cleaner than it came in, local missions to protect rivers and lakes, and education and jobs that keep the next generation close to home.
A place like the Deschutes is the standard we hold ourselves to: industry and a river the community still loves, side by side.
We come in clean and we stay clean.
Our standards are above what the permit asks for. These are the ones we hold every site to.
The water stays in the loop.
We believe in closed-loop cooling systems. Coolant circulates and returns instead of evaporating into the sky.
Wetter water, cooler halls.
Wetting agents, the same idea as Water Wetter in a race radiator, help coolant grab heat faster so the loop does more work with less flow.
Cleaner than we found it.
Any water that leaves one of our plants will go back into the environment cleaner than when we got it. That is our standard, not a goal.
Advanced materials where they earn it.
We use graphene where it's needed: places where better heat transfer, strength or service life pays for itself. Not everywhere, and not for show.
If it works in the dust, it works anywhere.
We test in the harshest, driest climates on purpose. Equipment and designs that survive the heat and the dust earn a place in our standard block.
Energy stored where it's used.
Storage sits at the load, ready to shave peaks and feed the plant back, so we size generation for real demand instead of the worst hour.
We want to exist without annoying anyone, including the environment.
We don't light up the night sky. Lighting stays low and aimed only where it's needed. We protect the views around our sites from overuse of light.
We surround our plants with nature. Tree lines, bush lines and low grasses absorb sound before it leaves the property. We plant species native to each site, so the campus fits the land.
We give back. The communities that host us share in what we build, through local jobs, local suppliers and real investment in the place.
We answer three questions before we ask anyone to believe in it.
Is the power really there, and can we use it?
If we can't say what the substation work costs and who pays, we don't have a site. We have a hope.
When will the power actually turn on?
A gigawatt doesn't help a tenant if it takes years to connect. We want a date we can stand behind.
How do we buy the land quietly and legally?
When word gets out, prices jump before a deal is done. We assemble land without tipping off the market.
We build like it's a long endurance race.
Sprinters win the first lap. Endurance teams win the race. We plan for the full distance: the hearing, the build, and the decades of running after the ribbon is cut.
- One goal: as fast as possible
- Throw money at problems, promise whatever gets a yes
- Runs over budget and late, burning investor money while it waits
- No relationships with the land, the neighbors or the county
- Know the land, the rules and the people before spending a dime
- Solve opposition before it reaches a public hearing
- Suppliers who stand behind their dates, and pay when they miss
- Built right the first time, built to last
Written by the people building it.
Before we buy a site, we ask three questions.
Power that's really there, a date we can stand behind, and land assembled quietly and legally. Plus why we plant tree lines and keep the sky dark.
Read the note → Building inside the rulesEveryone talks about the race for power. Nobody talks about what slows it down.
Paperwork, the shrinking box, and why less, done right, beats more, done fast.
Read the note →Not the fast-money kind. The kind who wants it built to last.
If you want your money in something real, built right, let's talk. Lenders, landowners, counties and suppliers who stand behind their dates are welcome too.