The start-up will apply the funds to further develop its unique and self-developed energy-saving solution for Data Centres and accelerate its go-to-market.
Lierde, June 28th, 2023 – Ethernetics announced today that it has successfully completed a €1.5 million funding round. The funds will be used for product development, business development, and market expansion. This funding round was underwritten by private investors from the networks of BeAngels, BAN Flanders, and Ventures4Growth. In addition, the management team will be supplemented with some experienced entrepreneurs to manage the international launch.
The need for Data Center capacity doubles every 6 to 8 years. But therein also lies the challenge, as Data Centres are responsible for 2% to 3% of global electricity consumption. This is unsustainable. International bodies (such as the European Union with the Green Deal) have therefore decided that data centers must be CO2 neutral by 2030 and, in the meantime, demonstrate the efforts they are making to achieve this.
Ethernetics’ solution is a Smart Power Distribution Unit (PDU) in which electricity consumption in every server rack is measured and optimised in real-time. Thanks to the self-developed AI-driven algorithm, irregularities and inefficiencies in power consumption are monitored, optimised and removed with significant energy savings at the source.
For a Data Center, through the application of Ethernetics Smart PDU, there is a double impact: a direct gain through reduced electricity consumption at the servers, and an indirect gain through less heat produced, so less cooling is required. An extensive test period with customers showed a direct impact of more than 10% on electricity consumption. The first production units will be installed at customers’ premises this autumn.
Robert Leune, founder: “We see it when a server in a rack is working too hard, and another is doing nothing or little. We also see when a power supply is no longer working properly. Thanks to our AI algorithms, we can now take automated actions to reduce power consumption. Still, we can also immediately collect data for predictive maintenance, and that’s what every data center manager and their customers will love to hear.”
Management reinforcement
Ethernetics was founded in 2018 by Gert De Spiegeleer and Robert Leune; both are still actively involved in the company’s expansion.
This spring, Ethernetics was reinforced with a team of experienced entrepreneurs who are taking an active role in the further expansion and also contributing their own capital: Luc Bossaert (CEO), Olivier Poot (COO), Hugues Williamson (CFO) and Christian Vermeiren (Chairman).
“Each of us brings specific experience to bring Ethernetics’ unique product to market this year and meet the high industry demand for innovative, AI-driven solutions to the high electricity and carbon footprint of this fast-growing sector,” said Luc Bossaert.
More information:
Luc Bossaert
CEO Ethernetics
E: luc.bossaert@ethernetics.tech
M: 0476.91.61.04
www.ethernetics.tech
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Ethernetics raises €1.5 million and strengthens management.
Ethernetics has successfully raised €1.5 million in funding, which will be used for product development, business development, and market expansion. The funding round was underwritten by private investors from the networks of BeAngels, BAN Flanders, and Ventures4Growth. In addition, Ethernetics will add experienced entrepreneurs to its management team to manage the international launch.
The company’s unique and self-developed energy-saving solution for Data Centers will be further developed and accelerated to go-to-market with the help of the funds. The solution is a Smart Power Distribution Unit (PDU) that measures and optimizes electricity consumption in every server rack in real-time. An AI-driven algorithm monitors and removes irregularities and inefficiencies in power consumption, resulting in significant energy savings at the source.
The need for Data Center capacity doubles every 8 years, but Data Centers are responsible for 2% to 3% of global electricity consumption, which is unsustainable. The European Union, with the Green Deal, has decided that data centers must be CO2 neutral by 2030 and, in the meantime, demonstrate the efforts they are making to achieve this.
Ethernetics’ Smart PDU has a double impact on a data center. It directly reduces electricity consumption at the servers and indirectly reduces cooling requirements by producing less heat. Test periods with customers showed a direct impact of more than 10% on electricity consumption. The first production units will be installed at customers’ premises this autumn.
The company’s founder, Robert Leune, stated that their AI algorithms can take automated actions to reduce power consumption and collect data for predictive maintenance, which is what every data center manager and their customers will appreciate.
Ethernetics was founded in 2018 by Gert De Spiegeleer and Robert Leune, who are still actively involved in the company’s expansion. The company was recently reinforced with a team of experienced entrepreneurs, including Luc Bossaert as CEO, Olivier Poot as COO, Hugues Williamson as CFO, and Christian Vermeiren as Chairman. Each team member brings specific experience to bring Ethernetics’ unique product to market this year and meet the high industry demand for innovative, AI-driven solutions to the high electricity and carbon footprint of this fast-growing sector.
More information:
Luc Bossaert
CEO Ethernetics
E: luc.bossaert@ethernetics.tech
M: 0476.91.61.04
www.ethernetics.com
Short bio of Luc Bossaert (57 years old) :
Serial entrepreneur (and intrapreneur) in start-ups and scale-ups in various sectors :
– Founder ABO: environmental and soil research (exit in 1999 – currently listed on Euronext)
– Founder BroCap: Brownfield redevelopment (exit in 2004)
– Intrapreneur at Arinso/ NGAHR for BPO & Business Consulting services
– CEO at Intercomp Global Services: HR software services
– Founder, together with Olivier Poot (current COO at Ethernetics) of iXerv Global Services – exited in 2018
– Investor together with Olivier in Adessa Group in 2018; Sold to SD Worx in 2020
– BeAngel investor since 2020