Northstar ramps up modular AI data center production, projects $450 million in revenue

Northstar Enterprise + Defense is turning a 153,000-square-foot plant in south Fort Myers, Florida, into a hub for building modular data centers for AI infrastructure, Gulfshore Business reports. Its customers include commercial technology companies and the US Department of Defense.

Parent company Northstar Technologies Group expects its annual revenue to jump from $11.5 million in 2025 to a projected $450 million this year, chief executive Paul Inglese said, and projects about $1.3 billion in committed sales for 2026. Revenue was $4.3 million in 2024.

Each module is about 12 feet wide, 12 feet tall and 60 feet long, roughly the size of two steel shipping containers, and takes about two days to build on the line. Northstar makes them from fiber-reinforced polymer instead of concrete and steel, which Inglese says is 80% lighter than steel and insulates like a cooler, making the modules easier to cool and ship. He says they have passed tests for Category 5 hurricanes and EF5 tornadoes. Some modules go inside hyperscale data centers and others stand alone, which Inglese says draws less local opposition. Alliance Technology Group, one of its biggest clients, says it surveyed 25 modular data center builders and ranked Northstar first.