--- title: Voltus raises $225M to turn homes and batteries into... description: Voltus, a San Francisco virtual power plant company, raised $225 million in an oversubscribed Series D led by Generation Investment Management, with Activate... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/voltus-raises-225m-to-turn-homes-and-batteries-into-power-for-data-centres-6eke8qiye twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Voltus raises $225M to turn homes and batteries into power for data centres | daily.dev og:description: Voltus, a San Francisco virtual power plant company, raised $225 million in an oversubscribed Series D led by Generation Investment Management, with Activate... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/voltus-raises-225m-to-turn-homes-and-batteries-into-power-for-data-centres-6eke8qiye og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6eKe8qiyE.png og:image:alt: Voltus raises $225M to turn homes and batteries into power for data centres og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Voltus raises $225M to turn homes and batteries into power for data centres **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Voltus, a San Francisco virtual power plant company, raised $225 million in an oversubscribed Series D led by Generation Investment Management, with Activate Capital and Vitol as co-leads. The company pays businesses and homes to shift or supply power to the grid, currently managing 8.5GW of capacity with a goal of 20GW by 2030. Much of its growth targets AI data center demand through a Bring Your Own Capacity program, including a three-year deal with Google to gather up to 100MW annually in the PJM grid region, and a partnership with Sunrun to supply capacity from home solar and battery systems for hyperscaler deals. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much funding did Voltus raise in its Series D round and who led it? Voltus raised $225 million in an oversubscribed Series D round led by Generation Investment Management, with Activate Capital and energy trader Vitol as co-leads. Other investors included Broadscale Group, Climate Investment, NGP, Ajax Strategies and All Aboard Fund. The company did not disclose its valuation. _Investors tracking energy and AI infrastructure funding rounds can follow deals like this on daily.dev._ ### What is Voltus's deal with Google for data center power capacity? Voltus signed a three-year deal with Google in June to gather up to 100 megawatts a year of flexible capacity in PJM, the grid region covering much of the eastern United States. The capacity comes from homes and businesses participating in Voltus's virtual power plant network under its Bring Your Own Capacity program. _Developers and engineers following AI infrastructure and power constraints can track these partnerships on daily.dev._ ### How much capacity does Voltus manage on its virtual power plant platform? Voltus currently manages 8.5 gigawatts of flexible capacity drawn from batteries, cooling systems and industrial processes at thousands of businesses and homes across the US and Canada. The company expects to grow this to 20 gigawatts by 2030, citing a NERC forecast of 24% peak demand growth over the next decade. _Those watching AI's growing energy footprint can keep tabs on grid capacity trends via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [How virtual power plants could provide energy for data centers](https://daily.dev/posts/how-virtual-power-plants-could-provide-energy-for-data-centers-sssxrwalz) · MIT Technology Review · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Lunar Energy raises $232M to deploy home batteries that prop up the grid](https://daily.dev/posts/lunar-energy-raises-232m-to-deploy-home-batteries-that-prop-up-the-grid-tij4ybjoh) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [JPMorgan leads a $5B debt package for Volta’s AI data centre buildout](https://daily.dev/posts/jpmorgan-leads-a-5b-debt-package-for-volta-s-ai-data-centre-buildout-ynhzfgbkv) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Battery-Powered Air Conditioning Turns Homes Into VPPs](https://daily.dev/posts/battery-powered-air-conditioning-turns-homes-into-vpps-ceuh5fwla) · IEEE Spectrum · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Samsung bets this island startup can tame the grid with software and batteries](https://daily.dev/posts/samsung-bets-this-island-startup-can-tame-the-grid-with-software-and-batteries-jae0s909y) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#startup](https://daily.dev/tags/startup), [#google](https://daily.dev/tags/google) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/voltus-raises-225m-to-turn-homes-and-batteries-into-power-for-data-centres-6eke8qiye) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Voltus raises $225M to turn homes and batteries into power for data centres","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/voltus-raises-225m-to-turn-homes-and-batteries-into-power-for-data-centres-6eke8qiye","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/voltus-raises-225m-to-turn-homes-and-batteries-into-power-for-data-centres-6eke8qiye"},"datePublished":"2026-10-08T14:03:11.172Z","dateModified":"2026-10-08T14:06:04.719Z","description":"Voltus, a San Francisco virtual power plant company, raised $225 million in an oversubscribed Series D led by Generation Investment Management, with Activate...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/7fc16d1027390fce35ed55627bf82709?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/7fc16d1027390fce35ed55627bf82709?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/voltus-raises-225m-to-turn-homes-and-batteries-into-power-for-data-centres-6eke8qiye","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"startup,google","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Voltus raises $225M to turn homes and batteries into power for data centres"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/voltus-raises-225m-to-turn-homes-and-batteries-into-power-for-data-centres-6eke8qiye#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How much funding did Voltus raise in its Series D round and who led it?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Voltus raised $225 million in an oversubscribed Series D round led by Generation Investment Management, with Activate Capital and energy trader Vitol as co-leads. 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