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The Tech Capital
11 August, 2026

InfraPartners turns to AI automation as data centre buildout strains skilled labour

InfraPartners and Phaidra partnership will combine factory-built infrastructure with AI-based cooling and operational controls as developers face growing pressure on engineering, construction and power resources.
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Business Wire
11 August, 2026

InfraPartners and Phaidra Partner to Integrate AI Agents With Prefabricated AI Factories, Maximizing Power for Compute Through Advanced Cooling Control and Real-Time Facility Intelligence

Collaboration combines InfraPartners’ prefabricated AI data center solutions with Phaidra’s agentic technology to unlock greater productivity and speed across the design, build and operations of AI factories
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Time
25 March, 2026

America's Top GreenTech Companies of 2026

Phaidra recognized by TIME as one of America’s Top GreenTech Companies of 2026. Companies were ranked based on positive environmental impact, innovation, and financial strength.
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Geekwire
Geekwire
18 March, 2026

Backed by Nvidia, Seattle’s Phaidra targets data center overheating with proactive AI

Phaidra, a startup using artificial intelligence to make data center operations more energy efficient, this week announced key collaborations with Nvidia, CoreWeave and Applied Digital.
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AP News
AP News
16 March, 2026

Phaidra, CoreWeave and Applied Digital Pioneer NVIDIA Max-Q AI Factories with Agentic Liquid Cooling Management

Phaidra today announced a groundbreaking methodology to drastically improve the thermal stability of liquid-cooled AI data centers. By successfully leveraging AI-driven, feed-forward control systems on production NVIDIA Grace Blackwell platforms, the collaboration is paving the way for the future of “DSX AI factories”.
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Salute
11 March, 2026

Salute and Phaidra Partner to Deliver Industry-First Solution that Eliminates Key Obstacles to Scaling AI Computing

Integrated solution enables companies to accelerate and scale high-density data centers while also mitigating risk, optimizing operations and increasing energy efficiency.
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AP News
04 March, 2026

Phaidra Launches AI Platform to Operate AI Factories at Scale

At this year’s Nvidia GTC26 conference in San Jose, Phaidra launches its AI platform Phaidra Prism designed to accelerate data center operations and meet the demand of AI workloads.
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UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
05 February, 2026

UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, Khazna, and Agility Announce Pilot to Implement Phaidra AI

Phaidra, Khazna Data Centers and Agility announce a pilot with the Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure to implement Phaidra's AI technology to accelerate energy efficiency across data centers and district cooling operations in the UAE.
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NVIDIA
28 November, 2025

NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint - Phaidra enabling gigawatt-scale AI factories

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang introduces NVIDIA Omniverse DSX, a comprehensive, open blueprint for designing and operating gigawatt-scale AI factories with Phaidra AI agents continuously optimizing power, cooling and workloads, turning the AI factory into a self-learning system that boosts grid flexibility, resiliency and energy efficiency.
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Geekwire
01 November, 2025

Phaidra raises $50M to help AI data centers ‘run smarter, not just harder’ by boosting energy efficiency

Geekwire's summary of the recent Phaidra Series B and the continued development of AI agents for AI factories.
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PR Newswire
01 October, 2025

Series B Round Secured: $50M investment led by Collaborative Fund

Phaidra's Series B funding round has closed at over $50M investment raised. Led by the Collaborative Fund with other investors including Index Ventures, NVIDIA, Helena and the Sony Innovation Fund.
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NVIDIA
09 September, 2025

Phaidra Included as 1 of 10 Ecosystem Specialists for AI Factory Operations

Phaidra plays a critical role in solving a fundamental challenge AI Factories face: how to dynamically optimize the power and cooling systems to maximize intelligence (token) generation.
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NVIDIA
18 March, 2025

Agentic AI to Optimize AI Factory Operations

NVIDIA has announced a partnership with Phaidra to integrate reinforcement-learning AI agents in the Omniverse. These agents will allow for precision cooling control to better handle dynamic AI workloads. Read more about Phaidra’s part to play in the NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint for AI factory design.
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ST Telemedia GDC
27 August, 2024

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres Collaborates with Phaidra

ST Telemedia announces working to deploy Phaidra AI control services in data centres in Singapore to optimize cooling and operations.
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Sequoia Capital
20 August, 2024

Sequoia Capital interviews Phaidra CEO, Jim Gao, on "Training Data" podcast

Phaidra’s Jim Gao is interviewed by Sequoia Capital Partners, Sonya Huang & Pat Grady, on building the fourth industrial revolution with reinforcement learning artificial intelligence.
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TechCrunch
02 July, 2024

Phaidra helps data centers handle the AI boom

Read more about how Phaidra's AI technology is helping data centers better manage their energy consumption and improve efficient and safe operation.
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Index Ventures
Index Ventures
01 July, 2024

Index Ventures leads additional funding round for Phaidra

Phaidra's total funding has now reached $60M. Read more about why Index Ventures recently invested $12M in the future of AI control for mission critical industrial facilities.
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Amazon
Amazon
28 May, 2024

Phaidra selected as finalist for Amazon's Sustainability Accelerator program

15 start-ups, out of hundreds that applied, get a chance to supercharge their growth after being picked to be part of this year’s bigger-than-ever Amazon Sustainability Accelerator.
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DCD
08 April, 2024

Jim Gao on stage at Data Center Dynamics in New York

Phaidra Co-Founder and CEO, Jim Gao, speaks about the future of autonomous artificial intelligence control to support Data Center optimization.
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GS Futures
05 February, 2024

Why we invested in Phaidra

Data Center energy efficiency and AI's impact in helping the sector grow while improving energy efficiency. Read about GS Futures recent investment in Phaidra.
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Collab Fund
24 October, 2023

AI for a Cooler Earth: Phaidra’s Mission to Combat Data Center Emissions

AI for a cooler earth - find out why Collab Funds is banking on Phaidra's AI controls service to help the industrial sector decrease the energy intensity of its operations.
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Helena
21 April, 2023

Helena leads Phaidra's Series A raise

Learn more about the Helena team's decision to invest in the revolutionary AI technology for industrial controls that Phaidra is deploying.
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Geekwire
18 July, 2022

Phaidra, which sells AI tech to industrial customers, raises $25M from DeepMind co-founder, others

The startup, led by alum from Alphabet's AI research hub DeepMind, launched in Seattle in 2019 and focuses on creating AI-powered tech that is both scalable and repeatable. This allows it to operate in an array of industrial verticals, such as data centers, refineries, pharmaceutical plants and steel mills located across the globe.
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Bloomberg
14 July, 2022

Google DeepMind Alums Want to Bring AI Energy Controls to Industrial Giants

Seattle startup Phaidra lowers energy bills by automating building controls for power plants. Industrial production is one of the dirtiest corners of the corporate world. A startup from former Google engineers thinks it can clean it up with artificial intelligence.
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