Gradiant today announced the close of Series E financing, valuing the company at $2 billion. The financing was led by Safar Partners and Hostplus Superannuat...

Gradiant, a global water and wastewater treatment solutions provider, has completed a Series E financing round at a $2 billion valuation. The round was led by institutional investors including BoltRock Holdings and Centaurus Capital, bringing total funding to over $450 million. The company has achieved over 100% year-over-year revenue growth for four consecutive years. Gradiant's proprietary technologies recover resources from wastewater and convert industrial effluent into reusable freshwater, serving major clients including Micron, TSMC and Coca-Cola across semiconductors, pharmaceuticals and renewable energy sectors. The new capital will fund expansion into the Middle East and Europe, support research and development programmes, and potentially finance mergers and acquisitions as the company scales globally.

Gradiant delivers HyperSolved its AI data center solution to leading global hyperscalers. End-to-end platform eliminates water as a constraint to data center growth, replacing legacy, fragmented approaches with a fully integrated infrastructure solution. BOSTON-(BUSINESS WIRE)-May. 12, 2026 Gradiant today announced that HyperSolved(TM), its end-to-end cooling water solution for AI data centers, is now deployed with several of the world's largest hyperscale operators, supporting mission-critical infrastructure across major global markets. HyperSolved(TM) is Gradiant's fully integrated AI data center water infrastructure platform that manages the entire cooling water lifecycle, from sourcing to discharge, to eliminate water constraints and accelerate hyperscale deployment. AI infrastructure is expanding at unprecedented speed, with global data center capacity projected to increase six-fold between 2025 and 2035. These next-generation facilities demand significantly more power and cooling than traditional computing, driving a sharp increase in water consumption. A single 100MW hyperscale campus can require water equivalent to a city of 80,000 people each day. In many regions, growth is increasingly constrained not only by power and land, but by water availability, permitting complexity, and discharge limits. While compute and energy systems have matured, water infrastructure remains fragmented, forcing operators to manage multiple vendors and disconnected systems, introducing risk and slowing deployment. HyperSolved replaces this model by integrating the full cooling water lifecycle, from sourcing to discharge, into a single platform delivered by one accountable partner. Purpose-built for hyperscale environments, it reduces complexity, improves reliability, and accelerates deployment. "Water is one of the least integrated and most fragmented layers of data center infrastructure," said Prakash Govindan, CEO of Gradiant. "We are in the middle of a once-in-a-generation build-out of AI infrastructure, comparable in scale to historic expansions like the railroads in the 1800's, which connected regions and transformed entire economies. That level of growth demands a new approach. Today, water is still managed through a patchwork of vendors and solutions that were never designed for hyperscale. HyperSolved changes that by treating water as critical infrastructure, designed, delivered, and operated as one integrated system." HyperSolved expands access to alternative water sources, including municipal reuse and other impaired supplies, reducing reliance on freshwater and increasing site flexibility. It protects cooling performance through integrated treatment, CURE Chemicals, and SmartOps AI, and minimizes discharge through high-recovery concentration and reuse, improving environmental performance and easing regulatory constraints. "You run the data center. We manage the water layer," said Sankar Natarajan, Head of Special Projects at Gradiant. "By integrating water into a single system, it performs with the same reliability and accountability as power or cooling. HyperSolved gives operators a clear path to scale with less risk and fewer constraints." Engineered for the pace of AI development, HyperSolved supports rapid deployment through containerized systems, enabling immediate or temporary capacity to support rapid build timelines, and delivers optimized long-term performance through permanent infrastructure. Gradiant also provides end-to-end lifecycle support, from commissioning through operations, ensuring continuity as facilities scale. Gradiant is seeing strong commercial adoption of HyperSolved among the world's leading hyperscale operators, reflecting growing demand for integrated water infrastructure. The company expects data centers to represent approximately 25% of its global business by 2027, as water becomes a defining factor in where and how AI infrastructure can be built. HyperSolved is available globally, supporting hyperscalers, data center developers and operators, and engineering partners across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. About Gradiant Gradiant is a Different Kind of Water Company. With a full suite of differentiated and proprietary end-to-end solutions for advanced water and wastewater treatment powered by the top minds in water, the company serves its clients' mission-critical operations in the world's essential industries, including semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, food & beverage, lithium and critical minerals, and renewable energy. Gradiant's innovative solutions reduce water used and wastewater discharged, reclaim valuable resources, and renew wastewater into freshwater. The Boston-headquartered company was founded at MIT and has over 1,400 employees worldwide. Discover Studio Magenta Limited at gradiant.com. Corporate Contact Felix Wang Gradiant, Global Head of Marketing [email protected]