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ELS is an infrastructure coordination and development platform built for the modern American economy.

We work at the intersection of land, power, community, and capital to transform strategic sites into executable infrastructure opportunities.

Development Expertise

ELS identifies strategic sites, evaluates utility viability, coordinates front-end development, and advances land through the entitlement, power, and due diligence process.

Capital Coordination

ELS buys and develops land, works with capital partners, landowners, developers, and Fortune 500 companies to economic development projects.

Utility & Market Intelligence

ELS combines development experience, utility knowledge, market intelligence, and stakeholder relationships to identify where demand, infrastructure, and execution align.

Entitlements & Standards

ELS leads rezoning, annexation, site feasibility, development standards, community engagement, and technical coordination required to move complex sites from concept to an engineered land solution.

Development Expertise

ELS identifies strategic sites, evaluates utility viability, coordinates front-end development, and advances land through the entitlement, power, and due diligence process.

Capital Coordination

ELS buys and develops land, works with capital partners, landowners, developers, and Fortune 500 companies to economic development projects.

Utility & Market Intelligence

ELS combines development experience, utility knowledge, market intelligence, and stakeholder relationships to identify where demand, infrastructure, and execution align.

Entitlements & Standards

ELS leads rezoning, annexation, site feasibility, development standards, community engagement, and technical coordination required to move complex sites from concept to an engineered land solution.

OUR WORK

Bridging Opportunity
and Execution

Bridging Opportunity
and Execution

As digital infrastructure, energy infrastructure, manufacturing, and consumer infrastructure become increasingly complex, the front end of development has moved from months to years.

ELS was built for that new reality. We coordinate land, power, entitlements, standards, community engagement, and capital so critical projects can move forward smoothly and responsibly.

Infrastructure Coordination

ELS brings together landowners, developers, utilities, municipalities, capital partners, and end users by coordinating the early work required to make complex infrastructure projects real.

Powered Land Opportunities

ELS develops a pipeline of strategic powered land opportunities across the Southeast, helping convert raw land into buildable sites capable of supporting data centers, advanced manufacturing, energy deployment, and other critical infrastructure.

Infrastructure Coordination

ELS brings together landowners, developers, utilities, municipalities, capital partners, and end users by coordinating the early work required to make complex infrastructure projects real.

Powered Land Opportunities

ELS develops a pipeline of strategic powered land opportunities across the Southeast, helping convert raw land into buildable sites capable of supporting data centers, advanced manufacturing, energy deployment, and other critical infrastructure.

OUR VISION

To build America’s modern infrastructure by coordinating land, power, entitlement, and communities to create development opportunities for progress.
Drew Nations, CEO & Founder

To build America’s modern infrastructure by coordinating land, power, entitlement, and communities to create development opportunities for progress.
Drew Nations, CEO & Founder

Our MISSION

Solve big problems, build America’s modern infrastructure, and do good in the communities where we work.

Our name embodies our mission: delivering engineered land solutions for our clients and trusted partners, which include data center operators & developers, national industrial developers, Fortune 500 companies, and state & local municipalities.

OUR VALUES

Responsible Development.

ELS engages communities early, puts clear development standards in writing, coordinates directly with stakeholders, and helps projects advance in a way that is operable and responsible.

OUR VALUES

Responsible Development.

ELS engages communities early, puts clear development standards in writing, coordinates directly with stakeholders, and helps projects advance in a way that is operable and responsible.

OUR TEAM

Meet the Team

A team built for the front end of modern infrastructure: land, power, entitlements, capital, community, and execution.

Drew Nations

CEO & Founder

Andrew Hill

Managing Partner & Utility Lead

Alex Nations

Finance & Development Manager

OUR TEAM

Meet the Team

A team built for the front end of modern infrastructure: land, power, entitlements, capital, community, and execution.

Drew Nations

CEO & Founder

Andrew Hill

Managing Partner & Utility Lead

Alex Nations

Finance & Development Manager

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Charlotte, North Carolina

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