ABB Invests in OctaiPipe to Cut Data Center Cooling Energy by Up to 30 Percent

Just months after Momenta co-led an investment round in OctaiPipe, ABB Motion Ventures has invested and partnered to accelerate AI-driven energy efficiency in data center cooling globally.

Data centers serve as the backbone of the digital economy, and their energy footprint is increasing rapidly. Cooling alone can be responsible for 40 percent of a data center's total electricity consumption. As the demand for computing power grows, operators face increasing pressure to boost efficiency without sacrificing security, compliance, or uptime.

OctaiPipe addresses this challenge with a privacy-first, on-premises AI platform, purpose-built for operational environments. Its technology delivers up to 30 percent reductions in cooling energy consumption, a rapid return on investment, and deployment without new hardware. The platform combines federated AI, multi-agent reinforcement learning, and digital twins to optimize cooling systems while dynamically keeping data local and secure.

ABB Motion Ventures brings global industrial reach, deep domain expertise, and trusted relationships with operators of mission-critical infrastructure. Together, ABB and OctaiPipe are positioned to accelerate the adoption of intelligent cooling optimization at scale, helping data center operators improve energy efficiency, resilience, and competitiveness.

Octaipipe's rapid growth is led by Eric Topham, CEO and Co-Founder, who has deep experience applying Machine Learning to operational environments. Ivan Scattergood, CTO and Co-Founder, and George Hancock, CGO and Co-Founder, join him.

At Momenta, we invested in OctaiPipe because it exemplifies our Industrial Impact philosophy: explainable intelligence embedded directly into operations, delivering measurable outcomes at scale. ABB's investment reinforces both the urgency of the challenges faced by modern industry and the potential of purpose-built industrial AI to move from early conviction to global partnership.

We are excited to continue supporting OctaiPipe as it scales internationally and helps modernize one of the most energy-intensive components of digital infrastructure.

Explore how ABB and OctaiPipe are advancing energy-efficient data center cooling.

Momenta is the leading Industrial Impact® venture capital firm, accelerating industrial innovators across energy, manufacturing, smart spaces, and the supply chain. Our team of deep industry operators has helped scale industry leaders and innovators to improve critical industries, the environment, and people's quality of life for over a decade. PitchBook named Momenta among the world's top ten digital industry venture funds for both 2023 and 2024 in its Global Manager Performance Score League Tables, one of just two European-headquartered VCs to achieve a Top 10 ranking. For more information, please visit http://www.momenta.one. 

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