Nishad Pai joins Arbor as Chief Commercial Officer as the company prepares for large-scale deployments
Arbor Energy, a clean power company, today announced an agreement with GridMarket, an energy and infrastructure project facilitator, to deliver up to 5 gigawatts (GW) of zero-emission power starting in 2029. GridMarket helps large energy users, including data centers, manufacturers, and logistics providers, secure reliable, cost-effective power.
Power demand is rising rapidly as AI infrastructure, electrification, and industrial growth place pressure on existing grids. But bringing new power online remains slow, with supply chain constraints and permitting delays stretching traditional generation timelines into years. Arbor is built to accelerate time-to-power, delivering modular systems that can be manufactured and deployed faster than conventional alternatives.
Its 25-megawatt (MW) HALCYON turbine ships as a pre-assembled, 3D-printed unit that reduces manufacturing complexity and shortens lead times. Systems can be deployed individually or combined into larger plants as demand grows, while a fuel-flexible design enables zero-emission natural gas today with a pathway to negative-emission operation over time.
“Power availability is quickly becoming the gating factor for data center and industrial development,” said Nick Davis, CEO of GridMarket. “Our customers are increasingly looking for ways to secure new capacity faster than traditional generation timelines allow. Arbor’s system adds a new option for bringing baseload power online as demand continues to grow.”
Arbor also announced that Nishad Pai has joined as Chief Commercial Officer. Previously Head of Business Development & Partnerships at Heirloom, where he scaled hundreds of millions of dollars in carbon removal agreements, Pai brings experience from Google, Amazon, YouTube, and Adobe. He will focus on building Arbor’s commercial pipeline as the company prepares to bring HALCYON into production.
“I’ve spent much of my career helping bring new technologies to market, from large-scale software platforms to emerging energy solutions,” said Pai. “What drew me to Arbor is the opportunity to apply that experience to one of the biggest challenges ahead: building more power infrastructure faster. I’m excited to help bring new capacity online at the scale and speed the market demands.”
Arbor expects to scale deployments rapidly over the next decade. By 2030, the company plans to ship more than 100 turbines annually, representing over 1 GW of new capacity each year. The additional generation will support data centers, manufacturers, and utilities seeking to strengthen grid resilience with distributed, zero-emission baseload power.
