● Sovereign Power · BYOP · Bring Your Own Power
Bring Your Own Power.
44mo
Avg. grid queue
12mo
SovAI energization
100+MW
Per-site capacity
90%
CO reduction via EOC
THE PROBLEM
The grid queue is a structural problem, not a temporary one.
The average US grid interconnection queue runs 44 months. Hyperscale AI operators need to energize in 12 to 18 months. That 32-month gap does not close by waiting — it closes by going behind the meter.
Temporary diesel gensets can fill the gap on paper, but they cannot run 24/7/365 under Title V air permits. The binding constraint is CO emissions — not NOx — and most operators do not find out until they are already in the permitting process. Add fuel-supply fragility on any site dependent on a single molecule, and the risk profile of a genset-bridged AI factory is unacceptable at scale.
44-month interconnection queue
Average US utility interconnection wait. Hyperscale AI buildouts require energization in 12–18 months. The queue does not compress; it must be bypassed.
Title V CO compliance wall
Diesel gensets cannot run continuous loads under Title V without triggering major-source CO thresholds. The constraint is CO, not NOx — and it is absolute.
Single-molecule fuel fragility
Any site dependent on pipeline gas, RNG, or diesel alone carries supply-chain risk that becomes operational risk the moment a single-source agreement lapses.
Unfinanceable interim power
Temporary genset bridges do not attract long-term asset-backed capital. Without a durable power platform, project finance for the compute layer stalls.
THE SOVAI ANSWER
An integrated power platform built to run an AI factory.
eGEN
Generation platform · US-made · NSPS Subpart IIII
Engine platform
EMD 16-710 2-stroke V16 (standard)
EMD 20-645 — SHI Piscataway only
Engine source
Coast Railway Services (CRS) — 600+ units identified
Conversion shops
Six CRS facilities, domestic
Emissions standard
NSPS Subpart IIII + EOC-equipped
Permit structure
Up to 19 engines per site on minor-source permits (EOC-enabled)
FUEL PATHWAY — THREE PHASES, ONE PLATFORM
Phase 1 · Available now
Petroleum diesel
ULSD from the existing distribution network. No engine modification required. Sites energize immediately without waiting for alternative fuel infrastructure.
Phase 2 · Drop-in
Renewable diesel — Alléo D975
Drop-in replacement for petroleum diesel. Zero engine modification. Reduces lifecycle carbon intensity without any operational disruption to the eGEN fleet.
Phase 3 · Crossover economics
Lowest-cost carbon-improved fuel
Site-level crossover economics determine the pathway: renewable diesel (Alléo D975), RNG via Clean Energy Fuels, or SovAI proprietary carbon-negative fuel (internal R&D).
90%
Enhanced Oxidation Catalyst — the CO compliance answer
SovAI’s EOC system delivers 90% CO reduction per engine — the same reduction that moves a site from major-source to minor-source CO thresholds under Title V. That reclassification is what unlocks up to 19 engines per site on a minor-source air permit, removing the compliance ceiling that stops conventional genset deployments cold.
THE FULL PLATFORM
eGEN
EMD 16-710 locomotive RICE, converted and containerized. Primary behind-the-meter generation.
eSTOR
Supercapacitor + LFP hybrid on 800V DC bus. Sub-millisecond transient response, frequency-agnostic.
eGRID
IEEE 1547-2018 compliant interconnection. Substation-grade protection, relaying, and optional export.
eCOOL
Liquid cooling and waste-heat recovery for AI-factory thermal loads. ASHRAE 90.4. Sole-inventor patent.
All four systems dispatched in real time by Scotty / DOE — the Dispatch Optimization Engine — against MOER signals, fuel prices, site constraints, and GPU load telemetry.
What a Sovereign Power deployment delivers.
100+
MW range per site
Behind-the-meter eGEN deployments are sized in modular blocks and scaled to site load — from initial 5 MW anchor builds through full 100+ MW AI factory loads. Modular architecture allows phased energization matched to compute deployment schedules.
12mo
Time to energization
From executed project agreement to first megawatt behind the meter: 12 months. Against a 44-month average utility interconnection queue, that is a 32-month operational advantage — the difference between an AI factory running in 2026 and one still in queue in 2029.
NZe
NZe certification pathway
Every SovAI site integrates WattTime’s MOER-based grid carbon intensity data layer. Scotty dispatches against real-time marginal emissions, and WattTime issues the NZe-certified carbonstamp per MWh — a verified, third-party-attested avoided-emissions record for every megawatt the site consumes.
ABD
Asset-backed debt capital structure
SovAI sites are financed through Diamond Creek Capital’s asset-backed debt facility. The physical generation, storage, and interconnection assets serve as collateral — enabling project-level financing that does not require customers to deploy capital against the power infrastructure itself.