# Tomas Ocampo

> Tomas Ocampo is the founder and CEO of Unblock, a company that drops modular data centers next to remote oil wells and renewable sites in Latin America, turning gas that would otherwise be flared off (and power that would otherwise be curtailed) into Bitcoin and AI computing. An Argentine lawyer turned investment banker turned Stanford-trained energy operator, he ran YPF Ventures before launching Unblock in 2021. The company now operates one of the largest computing fleets at oil field facilities in the world, says it eliminates roughly 142,000 tons of CO2 a year, and raised a $13.5M seed round in 2025 led by Goldcrest Capital and Collaborative Fund.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Unblock
- **Organizations:** Unblock, YPF Ventures, Guggenheim Partners, Estudio Bruchou
- **From:** Argentina
- **Nationality:** Argentine
- **Education:** Law (JD/Abogado), Universidad Catolica Argentina, MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business, MS, Energy, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Founded and scaled Unblock to operate one of the largest computing fleets at oil field facilities in the world, Grew operations from 0 to 15MW in just over a year; reports 280MW operational at >90% uptime, Says the fleet eliminates roughly 142,000 tons of CO2 annually, equivalent to about 40,000 cars

## Career timeline

- **early career** — Energy financing lawyer at Estudio Bruchou in Argentina
- **early career** — Investment banker at Guggenheim Partners
- **2015-2016** — Earned MBA and MS in Energy from Stanford
- **pre-2019** — Corporate venturing adviser to Japanese energy companies J-Power and Osaka Gas on electric mobility and renewable energy deals in the US
- **2019** — Named US-based Managing Director of YPF Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Argentina's YPF
- **2021** — Founded Unblock to convert flared gas and curtailed renewables into computing power
- **2023** — Partnered with Crusoe Energy on the first Latin American digital flare mitigation project in Vaca Muerta
- **2025** — Raised $13.5M seed round led by Goldcrest Capital and Collaborative Fund

## Achievements

- Founded and scaled Unblock to operate one of the largest computing fleets at oil field facilities in the world
- Grew operations from 0 to 15MW in just over a year; reports 280MW operational at >90% uptime
- Says the fleet eliminates roughly 142,000 tons of CO2 annually, equivalent to about 40,000 cars
- Raised $13.5M seed in 2025 led by Goldcrest Capital and Collaborative Fund, with Pampa Energia, Grupo Sielecki, FJ Labs, NYDIG, Luxor Technology and Sunna Ventures participating
- Led YPF Ventures as US-based Managing Director, bridging Silicon Valley and Latin American energy

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Unblock announced a $13.5M seed round led by Goldcrest Capital and Collaborative Fund to double data center capacity and expand into AI computing.

## Links

- Website: https://unblock.energy
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tomasocampo
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/tomasoc

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Last updated: 2026-06-21