TAR Raises $120M to Scale Off-Grid AI Power Systems
TAR Raises $120M Series A At $1B Valuation TAR has raised $120 million in Series A funding to expand off-grid power systems for AI data centres. Spark Capital led the The post TAR Raises $120M to Scale Off-Grid AI Power Systems appeared first on Ventureburn .
TAR, an Austin-based company founded in 2026 by Pat Becker and Leonhard Soenke, has raised $120 million in Series A funding for its off-grid power systems designed for AI data centers. The financing, led by Spark Capital, valued TAR at $1 billion. TAR's modular systems combine renewable energy generation with battery storage, targeting the constraint of power availability that limits AI infrastructure expansion.
The company's vertically integrated approach, which covers site selection, engineering, procurement, logistics, construction, and ongoing system operations, reduces reliance on external contractors. TAR plans to expand its headquarters, engineering office, and manufacturing capacity in West Texas, deploying power infrastructure alongside growing AI compute demand.
The company's deployment automation stack aims to reduce field labor while increasing deployment scale. TAR's co-founders emphasized the need for a different deployment model in the energy industry, highlighting growing customer demand to address the power shortage limiting compute expansion.
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