Jordan's Al-Risha 245-acre campus is designed around contracted energy, dedicated onsite generation, and closed-loop cooling, creating AI infrastructure to scale to 400 MW without competing with consumers for grid power, water, or land

HOUSTON and AMMAN, Jordan, Sept. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As artificial intelligence drives an unprecedented global race for electricity and data center capacity, Mindstream Energy is developing a different model for how the next generation of AI infrastructure can be built.

The model addresses challenges confronting data center development in the United States and Europe: limited grid capacity, consumer electricity costs, water requirements, land constraints, lengthy development timelines, and community opposition.

Instead of bringing another massive computing load to a constrained power grid, bring the compute to where the energy already exists.

At Jordan's Al-Risha natural gas field, Mindstream is developing a 245-acre Sovereign AI & Digital Infrastructure Campus designed to scale to 400 MW using dedicated onsite generation, modular AI infrastructure, and resilient international fiber connectivity. Phase 1, planned for 70 MW of initial commercial capacity, is targeted for March 2027.

Al-Risha begins from a fundamentally different position.

The dedicated natural gas resource is already there and under a long-term contract with Mindstream. Power will be generated onsite. The remote desert campus does not compete with residential communities for land, while closed-loop cooling minimizes water dependency. Dedicated onsite generation allows the campus to scale without drawing hundreds of megawatts from Jordan's consumer electricity grid or impacting the availability or cost of electricity for Jordanian consumers.

"AI has created an extraordinary technology opportunity, but it has also created an enormous infrastructure challenge," said Mark Thimmig, Chairman and CEO of Mindstream Energy. "We started with a simple question: Why keep trying to bring massive amounts of power to the compute when we can bring the compute to the energy?"

Mindstream has assembled the foundation required to answer that question at commercial scale: contracted energy, 245 acres of land, dedicated onsite generation, international telecommunications connectivity, valuable government-approved investment and tax incentives, and a modular infrastructure strategy capable of scaling to 400 MW.

That combination provides economic advantages while positioning Mindstream to serve hyperscalers, neoclouds, governments and enterprises competing globally for AI-ready power and infrastructure.

But Mindstream does not intend to build 400 MW speculatively.

"We are not building 400 MW and hoping customers arrive. We are securing the ability to deliver 400 MW and deploying capacity as customers require it," Thimmig said. "That allows us to configure infrastructure around each customer's compute, density, cooling and operating requirements while deploying capital in step with demand."

Mindstream is working with Orange Jordan on resilient fiber connectivity designed to provide low-latency access throughout the region and international reach toward Europe and India, transforming a remote energy-producing location into a globally connected computing platform.

Al-Risha provides the way to transform a domestic energy resource into a higher-value digital export: AI compute.

"The new energy export can be intelligence," Thimmig said. "Jordan has the opportunity to convert energy produced within the country into sovereign digital capacity that can serve customers far beyond its borders."

Build Compute Where the Energy Exists™.

About Mindstream Energy

Mindstream Energy develops energy-backed digital infrastructure supporting Sovereign AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and advanced computing workloads. Its Al-Risha Sovereign AI & Digital Infrastructure Campus in Jordan combines energy availability, modular infrastructure, global connectivity, and advanced technology relationships to serve compute-intensive applications across Jordan, MENA, and international markets.

For information, capacity requirements, strategic partnerships, or investor inquiries, visit www.mindstreamenergy.com or contact info@mindstreamenergy.com.

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