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Voxel Energy

Voxel Energy

Winter 2026

Energy independent data centers with solar and repurposed batteries.

20263 peopleActive
Renewable EnergyInfrastructureAI
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About Company

The best grid connection is no grid connection. Voxel data centers capture, store, and consume solar energy onsite without the grid, completely bypassing utility connection delays. By leveraging the vast supply of second-life EV batteries with our novel DC microgrid architecture, we drastically reduce engineering overhead and time-to-power.

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Max Pfeiffer

Max Pfeiffer

Founder

Forbes 30 Under 30 recognized for bootstrapping Maxwell Vehicles, a multi-million-dollar EV manufacturing business founded out of UW ECE following a year at Tesla designing electric big-rig prototypes. Built the first economically sustainable and materially circular model for manufacturing EVs using second-life EV batteries and motors. Now focused on transformational deployment of clean energy technologies in AI energy infrastructure.

Evan Schmidt

Evan Schmidt

Founder

Evan is a seasoned business leader with over a decade of experience in architecture and commercial construction management, including work on data centers. His hands-on engineering and fabrication expertise allow him to integrate innovation with the practical demands of technical construction. Now deploying clean energy technologies to meet the demands of cutting edge computing.

Casey Spencer

Casey Spencer

Founder

Casey is an award winning engineer, and was previously Project Manager of Tesla’s Infotainment/Autopilot team, where he oversaw distribution of prototype hardware. Casey played a key role in Tesla’s “production hell” in 2018, leading teams that built ad-hoc assembly lines, then worked on those lines himself, building Model 3’s.

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groupTeam Size3
calendar_monthFounded2026
trending_upStageEarly
categoryIndustryIndustrials
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