DOE alumni launch Mavria with $130m for modular data centers

Mavria, a modular data center company founded by three former Department of Energy staffers, launched with $130 million raised across pre-seed and seed rounds at a $1 billion valuation, Data Center Dynamics reported Nov. 9.

Mavria's first product, Terrain, is a factory-manufactured 5MW data center block that ships with power distribution, direct liquid cooling, automation controls and standardized IT server racks already installed. Mavria says Terrain is in production in Houston and targets frontier labs, cloud providers and data center developers.

Investors weighing the round's valuation need to compare a 5MW unit's cost against an equivalent field-built shell. They also need to assess how fast the Houston line can deliver repeatable output and whether a direct connection to local distribution lines clears utility review as readily as Mavria claims.

The $130 million raised spans the pre-seed and seed rounds, with Paradigm leading the most recent round and AMP PBC, Liquid 2, Critical Frontier and Dream Ventures participating, according to Data Center Dynamics. The latest round's size was not broken out.

Mavria says a Terrain unit can bypass the grid delays that slow conventional builds by plugging straight into local distribution power lines and absorbing excess capacity. Texas is among 13 states that attempted data center moratoriums in 2026, as Private Wealth Daily previously reported.

Chief executive Adam Blake said co-founders Nick Poradek and Seth Cohen came from energy and nuclear manufacturing, and Blake built commercial solar and sold a software business to Vista Equity Partners.

Testing is slated for early 2027, with assembly lines expected to scale output by mid-2027, the company told The Wall Street Journal.