Momenta Invests in Octaipipe, Federated Machine Learning for Data Center Energy Optimization
Facing escalating energy demands and strict sustainability targets, data centers urgently seek innovative solutions. Today, Momenta announces its co-lead investment in Octaipipe, a British pioneer in federated machine learning for AI-driven data center energy optimization. Octaipipe’s technology enables up to 40% reductions in cooling costs, directly supporting the critical need for operational efficiency and sustainability in digital infrastructure.
This is Momenta’s 10th investment from its Digital Industry Fund IV, anchored by Rockwell Automation and backed by Nippon Steel Solutions. The funds will be used to accelerate Octaipipe's global expansion and AI-driven automation across operational sectors.
The round was co-led by Kyra Ventures with continued backing from existing investors SuperSeed and Atlas Ventures.
Solving a Key Challenge in Data Center Energy
Data centers are the backbone of the digital world, but they face increasing pressure from rising energy demands, sustainability goals, and the need for more efficient operations. Octaipipe’s mission is to empower them with decentralized, privacy-preserving AI that delivers measurable impact at scale.
Bringing AI-Driven Intelligence to Operations Environments
OctaiPipe is a deep-tech company pioneering the development and use of artificial intelligence to improve the value, efficiency, and sustainability of data centre energy management. Their vision is to build the future of AI infrastructure for safe, secure, scalable, and sustainable data centres.
OctaiPipe’s collaborative AI software platform has been designed to increase the performance of data centres. OctaiPipe is the performance optimisation expert your team has been missing, providing data centre managers and operatives with recommendations and explanations in plain English to help optimise energy usage and improve sustainability reporting.
Visionary Leadership Driving Innovation
Octaipipe's rapid growth is led by Eric Topham, CEO and Co-Founder, who has deep experience in the application of Machine Learning to operational environments. He is joined by Ivan Scattergood, CTO and Co-Founder, and George Hancock, CGO and Co-Founder.
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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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