VetaNova's build-out at Butte Valley in Huerfano County, Colorado is AI, food and energy in rural America. A cogeneration plant and solar fields make the power, so the AI data center brings its own electricity instead of raising everyone else's bill.

The plant's waste heat and carbon dioxide go into greenhouses that grow fresh local vegetables, and the low-cost power passes through to the growers, the homes and the community.

AI on the campus also helps protect local infrastructure: it watches the power plant, the water system and the fiber line around the clock and flags break-ins and odd behavior a person would miss, so the grid and the water that serve the community are harder to attack. It also monitors the integrity of every operation on the campus — the engines, the greenhouses, the data center and the water — to find where efficiency can be gained and to protect the assets.