The agreement bypasses the intermittency issues of terrestrial renewables by utilizing high-efficiency radio-frequency power beaming. Virtus Solis will transmit energy directly to a dedicated receiving station in Illinois, providing Brae with the 24/7 baseload electricity required for its energy-intensive GPU infrastructure. By positioning data centers underwater, Brae leverages natural liquid cooling, effectively removing the thermal constraints that currently limit land-based AI clusters.

This multi-billion-dollar commitment arrives as Virtus Solis prepares for a critical technical milestone in March 2027, when the company will conduct a public demonstration of its wireless power transfer technology. Supported by a $2 million development agreement with ARPA-E, the startup is refining the electronics necessary to maintain 99.9% uptime for orbital generation. For Virtus Solis CEO John Bucknell, the partnership serves as a proof-of-concept for an architecture designed to deliver gigawatt-scale power that existing terrestrial grids struggle to supply.