Atlas Energy Solutions is packing up its engineering shop and heading for Loveland, locking in roughly 39,000 square feet at The Forge campus. The company plans to pull its hybrid power systems engineering teams under one very large roof inside the former Hewlett-Packard warehouse, now remade as a cleantech and advanced-manufacturing hub.
As first reported by BizWest, Atlas signed the 39,000-square-foot lease to centralize those engineering operations. The BizWest report sits behind a subscription wall and did not specify a move-in date or how many employees will ultimately land on site.
Atlas’s power push
In a Feb. 23 investor release, Atlas Energy Solutions said it had ordered 240 megawatts of generation equipment and is aiming for roughly 500 MW of capacity to deploy in 2027 as it builds out its behind-the-meter power business. That strategic shift, which moves the company toward longer-term power contracts and away from a strictly logistics-focused model, goes a long way toward explaining the need for dedicated space for engineering, integration and testing.
Campus demand
The Forge has been steadily lining up energy and advanced-manufacturing tenants, and local business outlets have tracked a series of sizeable leases across the campus. BizWest previously reported that municipal broadband utility Pulse moved its operations into The Forge, and other energy players have taken similarly large footprints at the site in recent years.
Why The Forge fits
The campus markets itself on heavy-duty utility capacity, including up to 10 MW of on-site power, fiber connectivity and flexible warehouse floorplates that match Atlas’s hybrid-systems engineering needs. Forge Campus also touts a labor shed of about 525,000 people within roughly 20 miles, a key lure for companies hunting for engineers and technicians along the Front Range…