Powering AI and Growing Food: How EnergiAcres is Rewriting the Energy Playbook

Shawn Cutter•Carrie Charles•2025

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Shawn Cutter lays out the full EnergiAcres vision: data centers that give back more than they take. This interview is one of the clearest explanations of the circular-economy model powering every EA campus.

In this episode of Let’s Get Digital, host Carrie Charles sits down with Shawn Cutter, CEO of EnergiAcres, to explore a new model of infrastructure development that pairs high-performance AI data centers with sustainable agriculture.

Cutter explains how EnergiAcres campuses capture waste heat and CO₂ from on-site power generation and route them into adjacent commercial greenhouses—creating a circular system where every input does double duty.

The conversation covers behind-the-meter power generation, rainwater harvesting, community job creation, and why the future of AI infrastructure doesn’t have to come at the expense of local communities.

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