LōD and Crypto Power Launch Alliance Across ERCOT
LōD and Crypto Power announce a strategic alliance to serve the ERCOT market, combining LōD's energy intelligence automation with Crypto Power's energy procurement expertise for flexible data centers and Bitcoin miners.
Austin, TX – June 15, 2025 — Crypto Power, the energy procurement company of Texas Energy Group (TEG) and LōD, the grid-aware energy intelligence platform, have announced a strategic alliance to serve the ERCOT market with smarter, more transparent energy solutions.
The new alliance combines LōD's comprehensive automation and energy intelligence infrastructure with Crypto Power's expertise in energy market development, energy procurement, and contract optimization.
> "Crypto Power was built to lead in energy markets, and LōD's software brings the real-time automation and uptime focus operators have been missing. Together, we're offering a vertically integrated stack, delivering visibility, speed, and smarter decisions across every kilowatt."
> — Kris Hertel, Vice President of Energy at TEG Energy Management
Together, Crypto Power and LōD aim to empower flexible data centers, Bitcoin miners, and other energy-intensive consumers across Texas to add flexibility to their operations, cut costs, meet compliance requirements, and unlock revenue from demand response and grid balancing programs.
> "By getting involved before a facility even plugs in, we help clients understand their performance potential and start their energy optimization journey from day one."
> — Medi Naseri, CEO and Co-Founder at LōD
The Strategic Alliance Offering Includes:
- Wholesale Power Procurement: Access wholesale energy markets and customized power purchase structures throughout ERCOT.
- Demand Response & Ancillary Services: Maximize revenue opportunities while minimizing downtime during grid events.
- Site Optimization & Energy Engineering: From substation design to power flow modeling.
- Regulatory Navigation & Market Intelligence: Stay ahead of shifting regulatory environments.
- Strategy Co-Optimization and AI-Powered Automation: Automate curtailment and optimize response to real-time grid signals.
- Real-time dashboards and Business Intelligence: Full visibility into site behavior across sensors, meters, fans, pumps, switches, and servers.
> "Together, we're unlocking a new era of efficiency and profitability for mining operators."
> — Waylan Johnson, President at Crypto Power
Why ERCOT Is the Proving Ground
ERCOT's energy-only market design means prices can swing from negative to scarcity levels within the same day, making it one of the most volatile — and potentially rewarding — markets in North America for flexible loads. That volatility is exactly where the Crypto Power and LōD alliance is positioned to add value: Crypto Power's procurement and contract expertise gives operators a stable foundation, while LōD's real-time automation captures the upside and manages the risk that comes with operating in a market that changes minute to minute.
For data centers and Bitcoin miners weighing where to locate or expand in Texas, the alliance offers a single point of contact for decisions that used to require separate vendors: energy procurement, regulatory compliance, demand response enrollment, and the software layer that executes on all of it in real time. That consolidation is increasingly what large flexible loads are looking for as ERCOT's rules and pricing structures continue to evolve.