Turnkey Data Center & Energy Infrastructure Rigging

The digital economy and the new energy economy are being built simultaneously, and both require moving extremely heavy, extremely expensive, and extremely sensitive equipment with zero margin for error.

R. Baker & Son has been doing exactly that since 1935. As a family-owned, M/WBE-certified rigging and machinery-moving specialist - and North America's oldest and largest M/WBE-certified demolition contractor - we are the turnkey partner of choice for data centers, power infrastructure developers, and energy facility operators across the United States, Canada, and beyond.

The Equipment Is Getting Heavier. The Stakes Are Getting Higher.

Today's data centers are no longer just buildings full of servers. They are massive power facilities -  and the infrastructure required to build, expand, and upgrade them has grown accordingly. At the same time, the broader energy landscape is shifting fast. New power generation, storage, and distribution technologies are moving from concept to commercial scale, and every one of them involves heavy equipment that needs to be moved, placed, and installed by people who know what they're doing.

Whether it's a 100-ton utility transformer, a large-scale battery energy storage system, a hydrogen fuel cell installation, or the next generation of modular power infrastructure - if it's heavy, mission-critical, and has to go in right the first time, that's our work.

What We Do:

Heavy Equipment Rigging & Installation Transformers, substations, switchgear, generators, UPS systems, battery storage modules, cooling infrastructure, fuel cells, and emerging energy systems of every description. We bring cranes, hydraulic gantries, air skates, precision strand jacks, and custom-engineered lift solutions - whatever the load demands.

Live Data Center Protection Hyperscale downtime costs $9,000 per minute or more. We are recognized leaders in performing complex rigging and installation work inside fully operational facilities without disrupting a single system. Custom enclosures, fine-mesh protective netting, and phased execution keep your environment live while we work.

Selective Demolition & Phased Upgrades Removing old infrastructure from a live facility is as technically demanding as installing new. On a major Verizon project in New Jersey, we removed fuel cells and cooling modules from a fully operational mission-critical facility with all systems running throughout.

Asset Recovery & Sustainable Decommissioning Transformers, generators, UPS units, breakers, and power equipment at end of life still carry significant value. Our recovery and refurbishment program helps clients offset project costs - and in today's constrained equipment market, recovered assets are genuinely strategic.

Warehousing & Project Staging With transformer lead times now stretching two to five years and new energy equipment requiring precise delivery sequencing, secure warehousing is a critical project management tool. We receive, inspect, and stage your heavy equipment so it's protected and ready exactly when your site needs it.

Why R. Baker & Son

*90+ years of hands-on experience with the heaviest, most technically demanding industrial rigging in North America

*M/WBE certified - the oldest and largest in the demolition and rigging industry

*Award-winning safety record - more OSHA VPP Star project participation than nearly any other contractor in the industry

*In-house master riggers and professional engineers developing custom plans before anything moves

*True turnkey execution - one team, one point of accountability, start to finish

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of energy infrastructure does R. Baker & Son rig? Everything that powers, cools, or supports a data center or energy facility, and everything that connects it to the grid. That includes high-voltage transformers and substations, switchgear and automatic transfer switches, generators, UPS systems, flywheel energy storage, battery energy storage systems (BESS), rectifiers and DC power infrastructure, coolant distribution units (CDUs), chiller plants, cooling towers, bus duct and busway systems, fuel cells, prefabricated modular data center units, high-density GPU server assemblies, solar inverter skids, and next-generation power infrastructure of all types. If it's heavy, mission-critical, and needs to go in right - that's our work.

Can you work inside a live, operating data center? Yes - it's a core specialty. Proper planning, protective systems, and phased execution allow us to perform complex rigging inside live environments as standard practice.

Do you handle long lead-time equipment storage? Yes. Our warehousing and staging service holds your equipment securely until your site is ready - a critical capability given today's transformer and energy equipment supply timelines.

Where do you work? Throughout the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Europe.

Let's Talk About Your Project

If your project involves heavy power equipment, in a data center, an energy facility, or anywhere in between - R. Baker & Son is ready. We'll deliver the Baker Best: unmatched expertise, iron-clad protection for your live systems, and true turnkey peace of mind backed by 90 years of getting it right.

R. Baker & Son 190 Boundary Road, Marlboro, NJ 07746 - 732-222-3553

Contact us today for a no-obligation pre-construction consultation.