Startup C2i Raises $15M to Fix AI Data Center Power Bottleneck

As demand for AI compute skyrockets, power infrastructure has emerged as a critical bottleneck. Indian startup C2i is tackling this challenge head-on, raising $15 million in funding led by Peak XV. The company is developing a 'grid-to-GPU' approach designed to minimize power losses as electricity travels from the power grid to the AI chips themselves. With data centers consuming ever-larger amounts of energy, even marginal improvements in power delivery efficiency can translate to massive operational savings and increased compute capacity. C2i's funding highlights the growing investor interest in the essential, albeit less glamorous, infrastructure layer that underpins the global AI boom, focusing on solving the practical constraints of scaling next-generation computing.