Meet the Canadian Fossil-Fuels CEO Who Wants to Power Trump’s America

President Trump’s ambitions to grow U.S. manufacturing, win the AI race with China and unleash fossil fuels will require massive amounts of power. Nathan Ough says he can help.

VoltaGrid, the $4 billion startup he co-founded in Houston, assembles modular, gas-fired power plants in a matter of months. It offers a shortcut to data centers and oil frackers that find there isn’t enough capacity on the electric grid for their expanding needs and has become one of the U.S.’s fastest-growing power companies.

Ough, 37 years old, is the rare Canadian to voice support for Trump, who has all but incinerated the U.S.-Canada friendship. He says the president’s embrace of fossil fuels, his cutting red tape for data-center development, and his focus on bringing industries back to the U.S. are all boons for VoltaGrid.