Claros Nabs $30M Seed to Slash Data Center Energy Waste
Startup rethinks power delivery to server processors, lands massive seed round from General Catalyst and Red Cell Partners.
Claros just pulled in a $30 million seed round to tackle one of the dirtiest secrets in data centers: energy waste between the power supply and the processor.
The startup's approach is deceptively simple. Instead of routing power through layers of conversion hardware — each step bleeding efficiency — Claros uses voltage regulators that feed electricity directly to a server's main processors. Less conversion, less waste, less heat.
General Catalyst and Red Cell Partners co-led the round.
The timing makes sense. Data center power consumption is skyrocketing thanks to AI workloads, and operators are desperate for anything that trims their electricity bills. Claros is betting that the fix isn't just about building more power plants — it's about wasting less of what's already flowing through the rack.
Thirty million is a hefty seed. The market clearly agrees the problem is worth solving.