FIRST MEGAWATT

Learn to build
a data center.

The industry is committing $500 billion over the next five years. Almost no one outside it understands how it actually works. We're changing that — 271 operator-built lessons, twenty minutes a day.

$500B
FIVE-YEAR INDUSTRY SPEND
271
LESSONS ACROSS 7 TRACKS
20min
PER LESSON SESSION
100%
OPERATOR-SOURCED
THE GAP

There is no front door to this industry.

Data centers are the backbone of AI and the cloud, yet the knowledge of how to develop, power, cool, and underwrite them lives in a few thousand heads. The people trying to break in have almost nowhere to turn.

How people learn it today

Slow, expensive, gated

  • Certification courses that cost thousands and assume you're already in the field
  • Dense technical manuals written for engineers, not newcomers
  • On-the-job osmosis that takes years and requires already having the job
  • "Know someone" — the relationships that quietly gatekeep the entire space
How First Megawatt works

Accessible, structured, real

  • Interactive lessons you can finish on a commute or a lunch break
  • Plain-language concepts with the actual numbers operators use
  • Scenario decisions drawn from real deals, not textbook hypotheticals
  • Built by someone who has spent two decades doing the work
TRY IT NOW

This is the actual product.

No sign-up to look inside. The Power module below is the real lesson — fully playable, start to finish. This is the bar for all 271 lessons.

THE CURRICULUM

From your first megawatt to your first deal.

The Power module is fully playable in the demo above. The full curriculum — 7 tracks, 38 modules, 271 operator-built lessons — takes you from the physical plant all the way to how these projects get financed, leased, and won.

01

Power Systems

The chain from utility to server. UPS, PDU, redundancy, and PUE economics.

02

Cooling

Air vs. liquid, the chilled water loop, and why AI changes everything.

03

Network

Cross-connects, the meet-me room, fiber diversity, and the network effect.

04

Tiers & Design

Uptime tiers, redundancy models, and how to spec to the tenant, not to fear.

05

Risk & Deals

The power queue, entitlement risk, and the diligence that kills bad deals.

SOON
06

Site Selection

Power, fiber, water, zoning — finding land that can actually become a data center.

SOON
07

Capital & Structure

How data center projects are financed, structured, and valued.

SOON
08

Lease Economics

NNN structures, power pass-throughs, escalations, and what drives value.

SOON
09

The Hyperscaler

How AWS, Azure, Google, and Meta buy — and what they actually require.

SOON
10

AI Infrastructure

Why GPU density is rewriting the rules of power and cooling.

WHO IT'S FOR

Built for the people trying to get in.

Breaking in

Analysts, associates, and career-changers who need to sound credible in a data center conversation — fast.

Leveling up

Brokers and investment professionals moving into industrial and data center coverage for the first time.

Hiring teams

Operators and developers who need to onboard new staff in a week, not the months it takes today.

The curious

Anyone who keeps reading about data centers and AI and wants to genuinely understand the physical reality underneath.

WHO'S BUILDING THIS

Built by someone on the inside.

Two decades operating, underwriting, and closing data center deals — the same work the lessons teach. Every scenario is drawn from a real transaction, every number from an actual deal, not a textbook. This is the course I wish existed when I started.

QUESTIONS

Before you give us your email.

The honest answers to what people ask most. Still curious? Reply to any email we send — a person reads it.

Is it free?
Yes. The demo and the entire first module — Power — are free right now, no signup and no card. Leave your email and you join the founding cohort, which is free while we open access in waves. There's no paywall today; if pricing arrives later, early supporters get taken care of.
What is it, exactly?
Short, interactive lessons — not videos to sit through or PDFs to skim. You read a concept in plain language, answer real scenario questions, and do hands-on exercises like wiring a power chain in the right order. It's the actual product embedded in the demo above.
Do I need a technical or engineering background?
No — that's exactly who it's built for. It starts from "how does a data center actually get developed and powered" and builds up, so analysts, brokers, career-changers, and the simply curious can follow it. You need twenty minutes and curiosity, not an engineering degree.
Who built it?
An operator with two decades of actually developing, powering, cooling, networking, and financing this infrastructure — not a course studio repackaging theory. Everything in it is how the work really happens, with the numbers operators actually use. That operator perspective is the whole point.
How much time does it take?
About twenty minutes a day — lessons short enough to finish between meetings or on a commute. There are seven tracks, so you can go deep over time or just pull the one module you need right now. Most people get the rhythm within the first few minutes of the demo.
What will I be able to do when I'm done?
Hold your own in a data center conversation and follow how a project actually comes together — power, cooling, networking, site selection, and the deal. The capstone has you underwrite a real 48 MW AI campus end to end: siting it, powering it, cooling it, and running the numbers a developer actually runs.
What does early access get me, and when does it open?
We're opening access in waves, free for the founding cohort. Leave your email and you'll hear first when your cohort opens — and you'll help shape what gets built next. The Power module is fully playable right now in the demo; the rest opens up as cohorts roll out. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Can my company use it to onboard new hires?
Quite possibly — getting new people fluent in the data center stack fast is exactly the problem it solves, and a few teams have already asked. That's a bit different from the individual version, so the best next step is a quick conversation about how many people you onboard and how often.

Be first through the door.

We're opening access in waves. Leave your email and we'll bring you in early — free for the founding cohort.

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