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AVK Capital: Funded, Owned and Operated On-Site Power
AVK Capital is our new funding arm, housing the recent investment from Partners Group and enabling us to fund, own and operate the power infrastructure our customers need. Developers secure power through a long-term Power Purchase Agreement rather than upfront capital investment. Energy as a Service is delivered with the backing of our expertise in design, delivery, operations and long-term maintenance of high-quality infrastructure.
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AVK Secures Majority Investment from Partners Group
The first external investment in our 36-year history sees Partners Group become majority shareholder alongside our management, backing AVK's growth as a European leader in prime, standby, modular, and dispatchable power solutions. Building upon our long-standing heritage in mission-critical systems, the investment from Partners Group will support the roll-out of an energy-as-a-service (EaaS) model for data centre operators.
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AVK and Pure DC Deploy Europe’s First Data Centre Microgrid
Designed to support phased data centre delivery without burdening Ireland’s national grid, the 110MW microgrid solution will ease energy constraints and help accelerate cloud and AI deployments. The first-of-its-kind in Europe, this scalable energy solution complements long‑term grid connection and renewable integration while accelerating data centre development, and providing an entirely off-grid solution in the meantime.
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AVK and Rolls-Royce Sign New Five-Year Capacity Agreement
Moving beyond 2024’s record-breaking achievements that we achieved alongside Rolls-Royce, this new strategically integrated, longer‑term alliance formalises a five‑year capacity partnership between Rolls‑Royce’s Power Systems division and ourselves. This secures guaranteed production slots for mtu Series 4000 generator sets.
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AVK and Landmark Power Holdings Agreement: Low-Carbon, Prime Power
AVK and Landmark Power Holdings (LMPH) are soon to be collaborating on delivering low-carbon, resilient power solutions for mission-critical and hyperscale data centres. This agreement marks the next step in preparing for future-ready power infrastructure, combining AVK’s resilient microgrid expertise with LMPH’s proven FLEXPOWER PLUS® technology. The partnership supports the advancement of carbon capture technology commercialisation, particularly within the UK market and includes a planned project pipeline for collaboration.
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AVK Welcomes Wayne Searle as Our New Chief People Officer
Joining us as Chief People Officer, we’re overjoyed to welcome Wayne Searle into AVK. Wayne brings nearly two decades of international HR leadership experience across the data centre and technology sectors. He also holds extensive M&A experience including leading the £2.8 billion E&I Engineering acquisition integration at Vertiv. For us, Wayne demonstrates our clear commitment to talent development and our people-centric growth strategy. After all, we are powered by people.
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