Volta
AI compute infrastructure company incorporated in London in January 2026. Seed and Series A, made public in August, value it at $2.4 billion.
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EP64 โ Ecosystem Spotlight โ August 2026: Europe moves from funding rounds to the test of scale
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Volta designs, finances and operates compute infrastructure for AI models, integrating energy availability, data centres, GPUs, software and operations. It targets AI labs, companies and firms building AI applications, with dedicated capacity and long-term contracts. Volta Infrastructure Holdings Limited was incorporated in the UK on 9 January 2026, with its registered office in London, and reports offices in Palo Alto, London and New York. The co-founders are Ricard Boada, CEO, and Sofia Gumuzio. On 4 August 2026 it made public two rounds, seed and Series A, at a $2.4 billion valuation; the company does not disclose the amounts and the press reports about $300M combined. It also announced a $5B AI infrastructure programme and a $10B partnership, which are not capital raised. It is a private unicorn; the geographic classification of the whole group is not verified.
The Story
Volta was incorporated in the UK on 9 January 2026 by co-founders Ricard Boada and Sofia Gumuzio.
Products & Services
Key Products
- Capacitร di calcolo dedicata per modelli AI
- Integrazione di energia, data center, GPU e software
- AI Infrastructure Program
Core Use Cases
- Providing dedicated compute capacity to AI labs
- Running AI infrastructure under long-term contracts
Market & Clients
Geographic Presence
Funding & Investors
Total Funding
Latest Valuation
Key Investors
Founding Team
Founders
Key Executives
- Patrick McGregor - CPO (pagina Company; decorrenza non verificata)
- Raimund Riedl - CFO (pagina Company; decorrenza non verificata)
- Tristan Helmich - CTO (pagina Company; decorrenza non verificata)
Key Metrics
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- Volta Infrastructure Holdings Limited - Companies House (16953078) — Companies House
- Volta Infrastructure Holdings Limited - persone con controllo significativo — Companies House
- Website Terms of Use — Volta
- Privacy Policy — Volta
- Volta launches: the utility of compute — Volta
- Company — Volta
- Volta - homepage — Volta
- Volta emerges from stealth with ยฃ7.4bn AI lab partnership — UKTN
- Investing in Volta — Andreessen Horowitz
- Cloud startup Volta claims $10B AI lab deal for Norway bit barn — The Register