# Tom Nesel Tom Nesel is a principal on the AVAIO side of the "Project Leo" data center. He is the AVAIO owner contact on the Pulaski County site plan application, is named as the project's "Owner's Construction Manager" in the construction stormwater plan, and is AVAIO's lead voice in the DEQ air pre-permitting record — attendee at the [[2025-10 DEQ Pre-Application Meeting with AVAIO|10/30/25 pre-app]], author of the March 2026 technical responses on the Cummins/Miratech "Tier 4 equivalent" package, and the one who told DEQ "We are considering submitting a title 5 with more hours of runtime" (2026-03-13). ## Role and affiliations Affiliated with AVAIO Capital LLC (`[email protected]`), the capital affiliate of developer [[AVAIO Digital Partners]]. Listed as the owner's contact, (917) 499-0612, on the Pulaski County site plan application, and as "Owner's Construction Manager" in the SWPPP responsible-parties table. ## Appearances in the corpus - [[AVAIO Project Leo Site Plan and County Review]] — the AVAIO owner contact on the site plan application. - [[Project Leo Engineering and Environmental Permits]] — listed as "Owner's Construction Manager" in the construction SWPPP. - [[Pulaski County Planning Correspondence on Project Leo]] — copied on AVAIO and Kimley-Horn correspondence with the county. - [[AVAIO Emergency Generator Pre-Permitting Correspondence]] — lead AVAIO correspondent in the Feb–Mar 2026 DEQ threads; supplied the engine displacement, certification, and SCR/DPF answers. - [[AVAIO Little Rock Water Permitting Records]] — Cognizant Official on the Leo STAA (2026-01-27). ## Notes Joe Hubbard, also using an `@avaiocapital.com` address, appears alongside Nesel on the AVAIO side of the project; see [[AVAIO Digital Partners]].