AVK launches capital business for on-site data centre power
Author: Joe Peck
AVK, a provider of power systems and electrical infrastructure for data centres, has launched AVK Capital, a funding entity that will finance and own on-site power infrastructure for data centres, with customers accessing the capacity through long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs).
The business houses investment secured by AVK from Partners Group in August 2026. The model is intended to give data centre developers access to on-site power without carrying the infrastructure costs on their own balance sheets.
Under the model, AVK selects and engineers the power infrastructure for each site, whilst AVK Capital funds and owns the assets. The customer then pays for the power as an operating cost rather than making the upfront capital investment.
The infrastructure can incorporate microgrids, AVK PowerPods, fuel cells, renewable energy, and standby generation. AVK will remain responsible for the delivery, commissioning, operation, and maintenance throughout the asset’s operating life.
Funding aims to accelerate power delivery
AVK says the model addresses two barriers facing data centre development: constrained grid capacity and the capital cost of providing on-site generation.
Ben Pritchard, Chief Executive Officer at AVK, explains, “Access to power is the single biggest constraint on data centre development in Europe, and the cost of solving it is the second. AVK Capital takes both off the table.
“We already design, build, operate, and maintain on-site power at commercial scale, and being able to fund and own it as well means a developer can contract for power in the same way they contract for any other service.”
AVK Capital will sit alongside AVK’s existing business, which will continue to deliver standby, prime, and modular power infrastructure for customers that choose to fund projects themselves.
Bob Downing, VP of Sales, Energy Solutions at AVK, suggests that bringing financing and engineering together can reduce the number of handovers during a project.
He notes, “We can sit down with a developer, agree what the site needs, agree how it is paid for, and then go and build it, without a chain of handovers in between.”
AVK Capital is set to be introduced to the market this month.
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