2. Enel connection: HEEP receives Enel Foundation sponsorship and Enel endowment support. Enel identifies data-center growth as a commercial opportunity.
3. Salata–EQT–EdgeConneX connection: HEEP is backed by the Salata Institute, funded by a $200M gift from Jean Eric Salata, CEO of EQT — and EQT has major data-center stakes: EQT Infrastructure VI partnered with EdgeConneX on hyperscale data centers (2024), launched an "AI Infrastructure strategy" (April 2026), took a $1.75B CPP Investments commitment for EdgeConneX (July 2026), and backs a $2B battery bet to power US data centers.