COMPANY

Energy Operators First. AI Infrastructure Now.

We built our foundation solving hard energy and infrastructure problems at industrial scale. We now apply that same discipline to AI compute.

WHERE WE STARTED

Built on Industrial-Scale Discipline

Celestial's roots are in large-scale bitcoin mining. Running that kind of operation — 24/7, at industrial power scale — taught us to manage energy, uptime, and hardware utilization with precision. Those lessons, and the utility and community relationships built along the way, are the foundation of everything we do today.

Aerial view of Celestial Compute's Alabama facility surrounded by forest
EXPERIENCE

Three Years Operating. Decades of Foundations.

Celestial has operated its own sites for three years. The team behind it has spent decades building and running critical systems across technology, energy, infrastructure, and finance.

Technology

Critical technology operations in remote areas, dating back to the early days of scaled compute.

Energy

Industrial power management and demand response, including patented energy management technology.

Infrastructure

Always-on, high-density industrial sites run 24/7 at power scale.

Finance

Critical backbone systems of the global financial industry.

WHY WE'RE EVOLVING

The Constraint Has Shifted to Compute

As AI workloads have grown, the industry bottleneck has moved from raw capacity to efficient, well-managed compute backed by affordable energy. The infrastructure, energy contracts, and operational expertise we built are directly transferable — and in many ways better suited — to AI compute than to mining alone.

HOW WE COMPARE

What We Do Differently

Cloud AI Providers Legacy Data Centers Celestial Compute
Owned energy infrastructureNoPartialYes
Below-market power via utility relationshipsNoNoYes
Batch inference optimizationPartialNoYes
Industrial-scale operational historyNoYesYes
Workload-matched capacityYesPartialYes

Energy-First DNA

We added AI infrastructure to an energy business — not energy expertise to a software company.

Proven Uptime

Years of running always-on, high-density industrial sites. Reliability isn't theoretical for us.

Local Relationships

Direct community and utility partnerships deliver below-market rates, greater uptime, and a faster path to added capacity.

Aligned Incentives

We own and operate the infrastructure, so efficiency gains flow to our customers — including higher margin for the offtaker.

LEADERSHIP

Leadership

Steven Smith, Chief Executive Officer

Steven Smith

Chief Executive Officer

Specializes in scaling profitable compute operations through optimized capital deployment and energy infrastructure partnerships. An early Bitcoin adopter since 2013.

Matt Burkmier, Chief Operating Officer

Matt Burkmier

Chief Operating Officer

Drives operational excellence through scalable technology solutions and Lean Six Sigma expertise, with a career spanning energy, finance, and logistics.

Michael McLauchlan, Head of Growth, Strategy and Investor Relations

Michael McLauchlan

Head of Growth, Strategy & Investor Relations

Expands Celestial's presence while integrating operations into broader investment portfolios, with nearly 20 years in finance.

Work With Us

Compute capacity, energy partnership, or investment — start the conversation.