Power-First Development

Why Core Foundry

A power-first development thesis, an institutional approach to risk, and a leadership team built for hyperscale-class execution.

Our Approach

The Thesis

Core Foundry was formed around a simple thesis: in the AI infrastructure cycle, the right to develop begins with credible power — not land control, renderings, or speculative megawatts.

Too many data center opportunities are marketed on aspirational capacity: a parcel, a rendering, and a claim about available power that has not been tested against utility evidence, interconnection queues, or delivery timing. That approach front-loads risk onto capital and tenants alike.

Core Foundry inverts the sequence. We start by qualifying power — grid-delivered or behind-the-meter — before a site, a lease, or a capital commitment is treated as real. Everything downstream, from tenant packaging to capital formation readiness, is gated by evidence rather than momentum.

The result is a platform built to move fast where the facts support it, and to say no early where they don't — preserving capital, timeline, and credibility for everyone at the table.

Power-Led DisciplineWe start with deliverable power, not aspirational capacity.
Institutional Execution LogicWe structure opportunities the way sophisticated investors, lenders, and tenants diligence risk.
Financeable SequencingWe gate capital exposure around evidence, not momentum.
Repeatable Platform MuscleThe same operating lens across greenfield, behind-the-meter, and brownfield reuse.
Differentiators

How We're Different

Most development platforms specialize in one piece of the puzzle — power, real estate, or capital. Core Foundry was built to hold all three in view at once.

Power First, Always

Every opportunity is tested against utility evidence and interconnection logic before it enters our pipeline — not after a site is already under contract.

Underwriting Fluency

We speak the language of capital markets and lenders natively, translating technical complexity into a thesis institutional investors can act on.

Operational Reality

Our team has built and operated the mission-critical infrastructure we're underwriting, so the plans we structure are ones we know how to execute.

Regional Focus

We concentrate on constrained, underserved U.S. markets where power access — not land — is the true gating factor to development.

Leadership

Leadership Team

Three decades-plus of mission-critical power, capital markets, and hyperscale execution experience, under one platform.

Michael Ortiz, CEO

Michael Ortiz

CEO / Co-Founder

Power Procurement | Capital Markets | Financing & Risk Management

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Jaime Mayol, CTO / Co-Founder

Jaime Mayol

CTO / Co-Founder

Grid & BTM Energy Procurement | UPS | Behind-the-Meter Power

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Chris Altomare, COO

Chris Altomare

COO / Co-Founder

Electrical Design | Data Center Operations | Modular Equipment Delivery

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