Your federal funding consulting partner for data center power

Velawolf is a boutique federal funding advisory firm for data center power, grid, and cooling infrastructure companies—pathway strategy through post-award execution.

Practice leadership

  • Data Center Power & LPO Practice (DOE Loan Programs Office (1703 / 1706)): Leads pathway strategy and application operations for campus power, generation, and grid-interconnection projects pursuing DOE Loan Programs Office financing. Focus areas include lender-grade diligence, offtake framing, and financial close. Credentials: DOE LPO Part I / Part II application workflows, Lender-grade diligence and offtake narrative development, Project finance risk register design, Financial close coordination.
  • Grid & Deployment Practice (OCED & EERE Programs): Supports data center developers and generation partners pursuing OCED demonstration funding and EERE technology-office grants for grid modernization, storage, and deployment-scale power projects. Credentials: OCED consortium governance and application architecture, EERE FOA technical-area and cost-share alignment, Community benefits and workforce plan development, Grid-interconnection risk framing.
  • Cooling & Efficiency Tech Practice (ARPA-E & DOE SBIR/STTR): Advises liquid cooling, heat-rejection, and efficiency-technology teams on ARPA-E and DOE SBIR/STTR pathways—translating cooling and thermal-management gains into the energy and grid-impact metrics DOE reviewers score. Credentials: ARPA-E technical milestone framing, DOE SBIR/STTR topic fit and Phase I/II sequencing, PUE and grid-impact metric development, Commercialization planning for data center adopters.
  • Post-Award Operations Practice (Compliance, PMO & Closeout): Builds post-award operating models for funded data center power teams—cost controls, reporting cadence, EPC and subcontractor oversight, and audit-ready closeout across DOE loan and award types. Credentials: FAR/DFARS and LPO-aligned cost accountability, DCAA-ready time and labor practices, Subrecipient and EPC monitoring workflows, Federal contract and loan closeout discipline.

Agency experience

Programs across DOE, DOE LPO, OCED, ARPA-E, EERE, DOE SBIR/STTR.