Fueling the AI Economy: How Frontieras Powers the Next American Boom
By Matthew McKean, CEO of Frontieras North America
We are entering the next great American boom — and it's being driven by artificial intelligence.
But like every industrial shift in history, the winners won't just be those chasing the headlines. They will be the ones supplying the infrastructure behind it.
When the Industrial Revolution swept across America, it didn’t just change technology — it birthed legacy businesses that still power our economy today. Companies that built tractors, trains, and factories became household names because they laid the foundation for progress. Then came the automotive boom. At one point, there were over 400 automobile companies in America. Few survived. But those that provided steel, fuel, tires, and rail emerged as permanent players in the industrial landscape.
The lesson? Every wave of disruption creates a frenzy of pioneers — but only a few endure. Those who supply the boom, and power the infrastructure behind it, build lasting value.
The AI era is no different. While hundreds of startups are training models, building chips, or launching platforms, the true bottleneck is power. Electricity — dense, reliable, and affordable — is now the most valuable input in the AI economy. And demand is expected to surge 10x over the next five years, driven by data centers, GPU farms, and global inference loads.
Frontieras is built to supply that demand.
Through our patented FASForm™ technology, we unlock the full value of solid hydrocarbons — coal, waste plastics, oil sands — and refine them into clean, high-yield energy. Not through combustion, but through precision fractionation.
Each ton of coal yields:
2.3 barrels of refined fuels (diesel, naphtha, jet fuel)
Over 20 million SCFD of hydrogen per plant
FASCarbon™, a purified carbon fuel that burns cleaner than petcoke
Sulfuric acid and fertilizer
Zero emissions into air, water, or soil
Our strategy isn’t about replacing the grid. It’s about empowering it. By co-locating FASForm™ plants at underutilized or decommissioned coal facilities, we revitalize America’s existing energy infrastructure — bringing idle assets back online, supplying cleaner fuel, and extending the lifecycle of critical grid resources.
Think of it as reindustrialization without reinvention. A better use of what we already have.
The same way Carnegie unlocked steel and Rockefeller refined oil, Frontieras is redefining how we harness the most abundant energy source on Earth. In doing so, we position ourselves not just as an energy producer — but as an essential enabler of the AI economy.
We are not a green gamble. We are a commercial enterprise with validated yields, commodity buyers, and offtake agreements already in place. No subsidies. No ESG mandates. Just real products, real profits, and real energy.
As AI reshapes how business is done, those who control the energy behind it will shape the future.
Frontieras isn’t chasing the AI gold rush — we’re selling the power picks and digital shovels.
We’re here to fuel America’s next industrial era — cleanly, profitably, and permanently.
Let’s power forward.
Matthew McKean
CEO & Co-Founder, Frontieras North America