Summary
Nick leads MicroLink Data Centers as chief executive and one of its founders. He sets the direction of the company, carries the capital raise and the anchor offtake, and holds the partner relationships at principal level. He also owns the brand and the written canon that keep the MicroLink story consistent across every document.
Remit
- Company direction
- The raise
- Anchor offtake
- Partner relationships at principal level
- Brand and canon
Current focus
- The bridge instrument
- 1.5MW Pod Deployment
- Company structuring
- Solution development
Come to them for
Sites and partners
Background
Nick started MicroLink to place high density compute inside energized industrial partner facilities and to put the recovered waste heat to work. He runs the commercial and capital side of the business from Cape Town, moving between the raise, company structuring and the anchor offtake conversations that stand behind each site.
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FollowupFounder B restricted sharesopen FollowupEdge SPV · bankingopen FollowupStickney · Chicagoopen Present$50M campaign · 18 daysopen MeetMansfield project debtopen BuildBridge instrument structureopen FollowupCipher · bridge reviewopen BuildAnthropic · two site pitchopen FollowupClune · engineering supportopen MeetANA · EBOSS integrationopen MeetRenegotiate Mansfield poweropen BuildMansfield revised delivery scheduleopen MeetGigawatt data room reviewopen BuildGigawatt Anthropic one pageropen BuildPhiladelphia proposal with Vicinityopen FollowupMassena IDA meetingopen FollowupFort Cherry follow upopen BuildBethlehem 800V DC pilotopen FollowupStickney city RFPopen BookNewtown Creek community engagementopen FollowupLiberty Energy · prime poweropen MeetCaterpillar · prime poweropen BookOrmat · geothermal supplyopen ActionEngage a Big Four tax firm for the HoldCo structuringopen ActionSend Cushwake 4 to 5 candidate sitesopen ActionAsk GridCare for the PJM interconnection status at Grays Ferryopen Action×3 quotes Operating costs (monitoring software etc)
Action×3 quotes Contingency and working capital
ActionAdd Dennis to the Genoa invite, as Heath askedopen ActionGet Open Point 8, power available to the data centre, answered by Berelliopen ActionFix the site for the 15 MW Lehigh benchmark facilityopen ActionSend Skyven the Galileo inputs: MWth recoverable from 100 MW and farm heat demandopen ActionDecide adjacent parcels now or after close, and first right of refusalopen ActionGive Rebound (Russell, Tom) Pinky access for the two week Ohio One thermal sprintopen ActionSign the C&W representation agreement and the dual agency formopen ActionEngage a consultant on gas generation confirmation and timing, as Anne suggestedopen ActionReply to Michael Ahern on the Oberlin figures and the OMLPS contactopen ActionSign an NDA with Rondo, then send the Vicinity site dataopen ActionForward Sage's deck to the Laramie landowner and introduce Lev Ring if interestedopen ActionSign off Anne's revised Genoa LOI redline so it can go to the selleropen