TerraVolt Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: GEDC) has taken an early step toward building a self-powered data center campus in southern Idaho, executing option agreements to acquire 1,077 acres in Cassia County outside the town of Declo.

The announcement, made October 30, 2026, sets out plans for a master-planned, behind-the-meter digital infrastructure campus with an initial 240 megawatts of dedicated on-site power generation.

Islanded Generation Targets Interconnection Delays

At the center of the project is a power strategy that bypasses the local electric grid entirely. TerraVolt said the on-site, islanded generation is designed to avoid utility interconnection queue delays and deliver a significantly reduced time-to-power schedule for hyperscale and neocloud operators.

The company added that the approach is intended to shield local residential and commercial ratepayers from electrical grid strain or rate increases. Chairman and CEO Joel Stone described the multi-year wait for large-load grid interconnections as the single largest bottleneck in the digital economy.

"By pairing a strategic, expansive land parcel directly with firm gas supply and pipeline access, we are addressing the single largest bottleneck in the digital economy: the multi-year wait for large-load grid interconnections," Stone said.

The planned generation capacity is backed by the company's previously announced firm natural gas supply agreement of 55,000 MMBtu per day.

Highway, Fiber and Pipeline Access Shape the Site Choice

The property, zoned Multiple-Use, sits along State Highway 81 near Interstate 84, long-haul fiber routes, and the Williams Northwest Pipeline. TerraVolt said the proposed campus is planned to feature direct access to the Northwest Pipeline, firm gas supply, and dedicated behind-the-meter power designed to operate independently of the local electric grid.

Low-Water Cooling Written Into Every Sale

Water stewardship figures prominently in the company's plans. TerraVolt intends to require cooling technologies with low water usage, such as closed-loop cooling, for any data center developed on the property, and to make that requirement a condition of each site sale.

According to the company, these systems are designed to minimize or eliminate the evaporative water loss of conventional cooling towers, leaving ongoing campus water use limited primarily to domestic needs and fire protection.

Stone linked the mandate to the region's agricultural economy.

"We look forward to working closely with Cassia County officials and the local community to deliver responsible, long-term industrial tax base growth without impacting local power rates or the agricultural water the region depends on. That is why every building on this campus will be required to use cooling technologies with low water usage," he said.

Site Control Opens Permitting and Design Work

The option agreements give TerraVolt site control of the parcel, which Stone said allows the team to advance land use plans, environmental due diligence, power plant, electrical distribution, and water treatment system designs, as well as county and state permitting.

"These option agreements secure site control, allowing our team to advance land use plans, environmental due diligence, power plant, electrical distribution, and water treatment system designs, and county and state permitting," he said. Once entitlements and civil development are complete, the company plans to sell shovel-ready building sites to data center operators.

TerraVolt said it would supply those operators with power, fiber, potable and fire-protection water, wastewater treatment, and other site services under a long-term infrastructure services agreement.

The Business Model Behind the Purchase

TerraVolt describes itself as an infrastructure developer that intends to deliver large-scale, powered land campuses for the digital economy.

Its stated model is to de-risk the expansion lifecycle for hyperscalers, neoclouds, and colocation developers by acquiring strategically located parcels adjacent to major natural gas transmission pipelines and high-capacity fiber routes.

The company said it designs dedicated, behind-the-meter generation stacks and self-sustaining data center campuses around low-water-use cooling technologies, providing construction-ready building sites with rapid time-to-power, backed by long-term master infrastructure and energy services agreements.