Brian Janous is the Co-Founder and CCO of Cloverleaf Infrastructure, a company developing “powered land” by bringing together utilities, grid operators, and data centers so new capacity can come online faster and with more certainty. Emily spoke to Brian about his path, from a quintessential 80s childhood in Mississippi and Texas to more than a decade at Microsoft leading a 100-person energy strategy team, where he began envisioning new ways to connect power with the world’s expanding computing needs. That path led him to co-found Cloverleaf Infrastructure, which in less than two years has raised $300 million, closed its first major deal — Project Red Granite, a 1.3 GW development representing $8 billion in investment and 2 million square feet — and is now in the process of selling a second large project expected to close this year.