Buildots signed an enterprise agreement with Green Mountain for an immediate rollout across more than 100MW of data centre projects, with its platform already in use on two projects with a combined capacity exceeding 100 megawatts, the company said in its 22 September announcement.
Key points
- Buildots says its platform is live on Green Mountain projects in Frankfurt and Stavanger, with expansion planned.
- The companies have developed a common approach to tracking construction, according to Green Mountain’s David Guth.
- Buildots announced a $130 million funding round on 14 September, bringing its total funding to $297 million.
Frankfurt and Stavanger projects exceed 100 megawatts
The two projects already using Buildots are in Frankfurt, Germany, and Stavanger, Norway. Buildots said their combined capacity exceeds 100 megawatts and that deployment on further Green Mountain projects is planned. Its announcement described the agreement as an enterprise arrangement rather than a contract for the two sites alone.
Green Mountain designs, builds and operates data centres in Norway, Germany and the UK, according to Buildots. Buildots says Green Mountain’s facilities run on 100 per cent renewable power. The agreement concerns how those facilities are built: Buildots supplies construction progress information during work from the superstructure stage through fitout.
David Guth, Green Mountain’s Chief Design & Construction Officer, said the companies had developed a playbook to use on future projects. He described its aims as consistent methods, visibility and outcomes across the company’s construction work.
Buildots said the agreement gives Green Mountain a view of construction progress across its portfolio and earlier sight of risks to delivery dates. Those are benefits claimed by the supplier for the arrangement. The two live projects are the deployments identified in its announcement.
Buildots uses cameras and drones to track construction
Buildots said its platform combines images from 360-degree cameras and drones to produce progress data and identify potential risks early in construction. The company positions that information as a way for Green Mountain to monitor work across projects, rather than relying on separate views of each site.
The scope runs across much of the construction lifecycle, according to Buildots, from structural work to the fitting out of a facility. For Green Mountain, Guth said, the shared playbook can be taken into future projects as the company extends its use of the platform.
Roy Danon, Buildots’ Co-founder and CEO, said developers and co-location providers were signing more enterprise agreements with the company. He characterised construction intelligence as moving from an experimental tool to a routine requirement for builders of data centres and other large projects.
Buildots also names Turner Construction, JE Dunn, Intel, HOCHTIEF and Bouygues among users of its platform. Those named customers place the Green Mountain agreement alongside deployments with both construction contractors and organisations that own or develop major facilities.
Buildots raised $130 million in September
The enterprise agreement followed a $130 million funding round that Buildots announced on 14 September, bringing the amount it has raised to $297 million. O.G. Venture Partners led the round, with Lightspeed Venture Partners, Intel Capital and Viola Growth among the participants, Buildots said in a statement carried by Yahoo Finance.
Buildots said at the time that its annual revenue had grown threefold in each year of a multi-year run. It also said its platform was deployed by more than 100 large-scale firms, naming Digital Realty and Intel among owners and STO Building Group, JE Dunn, Mortenson, Bouygues and HOCHTIEF among contractors.
In that funding statement, Buildots described seven-figure, portfolio-wide, multi-year agreements as typical of its business. The Green Mountain announcement identified an enterprise agreement and an immediate rollout across more than 100MW of projects. Buildots said the new capital would support deployments across construction projects associated with AI infrastructure.
