DG Matrix and Satterfield & Pontikes Partner to Accelerate Optimized AI Data Center Construction in Texas

Houston-based general contractor secures access to industry's first commercial solid-state transformer platform, accelerating speed to compute and minimizing power conversion loss as legacy transformer lead times lengthen

HOUSTON & MORRISVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DG Matrix, the global leader in solid-state transformer solutions, and Satterfield & Pontikes Construction (S&P), the ENR Top 400 general contractor with offices across Texas, today announced a strategic partnership to integrate DG Matrix's Interport™ solid-state transformer (SST) platform into S&P's builds as the general contractor expands its multi-GW data center construction business.

The partnership gives S&P priority access to DG Matrix's Interport, the first commercially available multiport SST, at a time when conventional transformer lead times have stretched to two to three years, pushing first-power dates back 6 to 9 months compared to projects built around solid-state transformer solutions. That bottleneck has become one of the most stubborn constraints on data center construction in the United States. At the same time, the Interport platform is an ideal solution to optimize AI data center design for behind-the-meter projects in Texas.

"In mid-2025, we began to see the stars aligning between Texas and Silicon Valley," said Cam Thrutchley, Vice President, Mission Critical at S&P. "Texas had all the ingredients to become the ideal place on Earth where hyperscalers could build at speed and scale behind the meter. And fortunately, it’s where we call home. We have the relationships, the workforce, and now, through DG Matrix, the multi-port power router technology that can optimize and future-proof data center designs and drive faster delivery schedules. That combination allows us to deliver turnkey ‘Speed to Power’ as a partnership."

The timing is critical. Texas Senate Bill 6, signed into law in June 2025, established new rules for large-load customers connecting to the ERCOT grid. Any facility drawing 75 megawatts or more now faces interconnection cost-sharing requirements, mandatory load curtailment capabilities during grid emergencies, and remote-disconnect obligations for sites energized after December 31, 2025. The legislation puts a premium on behind-the-meter power self-sufficiency.

At the core of the partnership sits DG Matrix's Interport platform, a multi-port solid-state-transformer solution that collapses what traditionally required multiple discrete systems: UPS capability, behind-the-meter energy aggregation, simultaneous AC or DC outputs, 800-VDC architecture, reliability, and Gen AI server pulse-load mitigation, into an integrated, software-configurable power fabric. For AI data center developers, that means a single solution deployable across their entire portfolio, enabling faster time to compute and futureproofing for next-generation data center architectures. For an AI data center, that means flexible, behind-the-meter power architectures that do not depend on slow-moving utility interconnection queues and simplified infrastructure that reduces power conversion loss.

"Texas has become the most consequential data center market in the country, and the regulatory landscape with SB6 makes intelligent, behind-the-meter power infrastructure a requirement," said Haroon Inam, CEO and co-founder of DG Matrix. "Satterfield & Pontikes has the Texas DNA, the construction track record, and the foresight to build with us. Our Interport platform accelerates time-to-power and speed to compute, getting AI infrastructure online faster than any legacy approach can match."

Texas offers S&P and its clients distinct advantages that extend beyond freedom to operate. The Permian Basin provides access to natural gas. The state’s wind and solar resources rank among the largest in the nation. Abundant land supports utility-scale battery storage. Texas has roughly one-fifth of the entire U.S. national data center pipeline, and analysts project the state will surpass 40 gigawatts of total capacity by 2028, nearly 30 percent of all U.S. demand, on pace to overtake Northern Virginia as the world’s largest data center market by 2030. The DG Matrix and S&P model will bring that pipeline online 6 to 9 months ahead of conventional transformer procurement timelines. For hyperscalers racing to bring AI compute capacity online, those inputs converge in Texas in ways that no other market matches.

S&P brings more than geographic expertise. The company was an early pioneer of Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology that helped form the foundation for the Autodesk Construction Suite, one of the most widely used construction management platforms in the industry. That same technology infrastructure now drives S&P's data center delivery workflow, compressing timelines and eliminating coordination gaps across complex, multi-trade builds.

"General contractors competing for the next generation of hyperscale data center work are going to be defined by who they partner with," Thrutchley said. "Access to Interport changes our delivery calculus in a meaningful way. While others wait years for transformer supply, we build."

The partnership provides a turnkey, end-to-end delivery model for AI data centers, aligning power strategy, engineering, and construction under a single, integrated approach. By unifying system design with execution, it streamlines coordination across stakeholders, reduces engineering complexity, and eliminates traditional integration bottlenecks. The result is a more predictable build process, faster time to power, and lower project risk. This model enables customers to accelerate deployment timelines while maintaining flexibility to support evolving energy demands and high-density compute environments.

About DG Matrix

DG Matrix has commercialized the world’s first multi-port solid-state transformer to solve the most urgent challenges in deploying power infrastructure for AI data centers and electrification. Its AI-enabled Interport^™ platform acts as the intelligent power fabric of the data center, enabling faster deployment, lower energy costs, and software-controlled integration of all energy sources and loads — at scale, anywhere in the world. Learn more at https://www.dgmatrix.com.

About Satterfield & Pontikes Construction

Satterfield & Pontikes Construction (www.satpon.com) is an ENR Top 400 firm founded in 1989, offering preconstruction, construction, and consulting services to public and private clients. Delivery methods include General Contracting, Construction Manager at Risk, and Design-Build across a diverse portfolio of mission critical, industrial, commercial, educational, transportation, healthcare, and governmental facilities. A recognized innovator in construction management, S&P's family of companies includes eight specialty subsidiaries: Eagle Contracting, Rollcon, Westway Construction, Greco Structures, Rocket Concrete Pumping, Prolégo, Westway Flooring, and Eagle Mechanical. Headquartered in Houston, S&P also offices in Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, Midland, San Antonio and New York.