Preston Pratt

I'm Preston Pratt. My career has been defined by one thing: operating the critical infrastructure that powers our world, from nuclear propulsion plants in the US Navy to the world's most massive hyperscale AI data centers.

I believe energy, compute, and capital are converging into a single system. The grid, the data center, and the digital asset are no longer separate industries — they are layers of the same stack. I founded Praol Institute to study that convergence and publish what I find.

My foundation is in engineering and service. I served 6 years in the US Navy's nuclear propulsion program. Following my service, I spent two decades in the electric utility business—primarily in nuclear generation—mastering the "power side" of critical infrastructure while leading highly technical teams.

I hold a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Texas A&M University. Since 2022, I have operated in the hyperscale data center space, building and scaling the critical infrastructure that houses the world's most advanced AI models — the same infrastructure driving the energy demand and capital flows I write about at Praol Institute.