Datacenter development, energy, capital markets, and land strategy experience

6 sites transacted or under LOI

>100 sites weaponized

millions
of acres diligenced

>10 GW
of power secured

MEET THE TEAM

Blackbird purposefully draws from a cross-disciplinary bench of now over 30 operators, advisors, and subject matter experts who have delivered across datacenter, industrial, power, energy, and mission-critical infrastructure. We built the team with a variety of backgrounds and markets because we believe delivering datacenters in today’s world requires a different approach — one that meets the highly integrated power, energy, land, and datacenter challenges of modern projects with a complete toolkit of technical depth, strategic brainpower, and business acumen.

Matt Treat

Tony Ding

FOUNDER

Mike Warmack

Ian Van Halem

Emily Northard

Joe Monson

Dave Mosgrove

Andrew Rice

Seth Waggoner

Ian Holzworth

Jake Libaire

Dave Weiel

Philip Wagley

Emily Jackson

Kyle Crouch

Jennifer Hooper

Tyler Wheeler

Tylney Taylor

Brianna Acheampong

Eric Galley

A portion of our bench operates outside the spotlight by choice. Some of the most experienced people we work with prefer to let the work speak for itself — and they represent some of the most cutting-edge datacenter projects. When a project requires a specific capability, we know who to call.

Blackbird is always looking for high-quality operators. If that's you — Contact us!

"Matt and the Blackbird Team possess a unique ability to wrangle all the challenges within the most complicated DC projects and programs to a success basis unlike anyone I have ever met."

— Confidential US Datacenter Developer
"I wanted to thank you both for jumping in to enable us access the data center opportunity. It has been a pleasure watching you and your teams engage. I look forward to spending more time with you guys and achieving something exceptional over the next few months."

— Confidential US Datacenter Developer
"It is always a pleasure talking with you. Your experience and level headedness helps us all feel better about being in the swirl."

— Confidential US Datacenter Developer
"Matt and his team have been a great resource for us. They have a great team of experienced industry folks specializing in development execution stages from land entitlements to utilities, design, programming, and construction. They've been flexible and able to fill in the gaps for us as we grow. Also, very connected and have a good feel for the latest developments in the industry. At the end of the day, they're good people and that's important to us."

— Confidential US Datacenter Developer
"This is the most comprehensive and complete set of materials we've ever seen in the market."

— Top 3 US Datacenter Developer