Growth capital for AI data centre commissioning equipment

Powerload designs, manufactures and rents load banks: the equipment used to test power and cooling systems in data centres before they go live. Our range includes liquid-cooled units such as the 500 kW LB500i and a 160 kW GPU emulator, built for the high-density AI racks now being deployed in hyperscale and colocation facilities.

The opportunity
AI is driving record data centre construction, and every new hall has to be load-tested before handover. The move to liquid cooling means operators and commissioning contractors need a new generation of test equipment, and Powerload builds it.

Where we are

• Manufacturing in-house at our 30,000 sq ft facility in Bridgwater, UK

• Selling and renting to data centre developers, operators and commissioning contractors

• Growing our rental fleet and building a pipeline of hyperscale commissioning work

What we’re looking for
We aren’t running a formal raise at Web Summit. We want to open conversations with growth equity, private equity, family office and infrastructure investors ahead of a future funding round. We’d like to understand how you assess manufacturing and rental-fleet businesses, typical structures and investment levels, and what you’d want to see from us over the next 12–24 months.

Likely use of funds
Rental fleet expansion, manufacturing capacity and international growth.

We’re exhibiting on Tuesday 10 November and available for meetings on Monday 9 and Wednesday 11.