DC BLOX has appointed Tricia Pridemore as Executive Vice President for Energy, Regulation, and Policy. Her mandate includes negotiating Power Purchase Agreements covering grid electricity, natural gas, renewables, and nuclear energy, in support of the company’s data center expansion across the Southeastern United States.
Pridemore comes directly from the Georgia Public Service Commission, where she served for more than eight years as an elected regulator. In that role, she oversaw Georgia Power’s long-term integrated resource planning, adjudicated rate cases, and contributed to decisions on major generation infrastructure. She also led the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners as its chair, building an institutional network spanning state, regional, and federal levels. She stepped down from the commission on September 4, a few months before her term was set to expire.
The appointment addresses a concrete business need. Electricity demand from data centers is growing at a pace that grid operators are struggling to keep up with, and the American Southeast is one of the most contested markets. DC BLOX is rapidly expanding its facility portfolio across the region, and the ability to negotiate long-term power supply contracts — including those tied to nuclear energy — has become a direct competitive advantage. The U.S. Department of Energy has already selected DC BLOX as a member of a consortium for a data center and energy infrastructure project at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, a location with a deep history in federal nuclear activities.
Pridemore will serve as the company’s primary point of contact with energy suppliers, regulatory bodies, and policymakers, in both private-sector and government-related projects. Her established presence at the table on grid reliability, rate-setting, and energy planning is the core asset DC BLOX is putting to work. This is not a ceremonial appointment — it is an operational decision designed to accelerate the closing of supply agreements in a market where negotiation timelines can determine the fate of an entire infrastructure project.
Nuclear energy is explicitly included among the sources Pridemore will be negotiating. That detail is far from incidental. A growing number of U.S. data center operators are looking to nuclear power — including next-generation reactors and small modular reactors — as a firm, low-carbon energy source capable of sustaining intensive computing loads without relying on the variability inherent in renewables. Placing nuclear within the scope of Pridemore’s responsibilities signals that DC BLOX views this option not as theoretical, but as an active part of its energy strategy. With a figure of her caliber leading negotiations, the gap between stated intent and signed contract could narrow considerably.
