Mavria has raised $130M to manufacture modular data centers

Blake, Poradek and Cohen founded Mavria in summer 2026, and its first factory-built system, Terrain 01, is now being built in Houston.

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Primary source: WSJ.com

Why it matters

Mavria tests whether AI data centers can be manufactured as repeatable products instead of built as one-off construction projects. Its founders bring energy, manufacturing and nuclear policy experience, but Terrain still has to prove capacity, cost, deployment speed and customer demand against funded modular rivals.

Workers weld and assemble a steel frame inside a factory, beside a forklift, overhead crane, stacked metal beams, and an “RW” cabinet.

Adam Blake, Nick Poradek and Seth Cohen founded Mavria in summer 2026 to mass-produce modular data centers that can be shipped by truck. The Wall Street Journal reported on November 9th that Mavria has raised $130 million in total at a $1 billion valuation. The three founders previously worked in President Trump's Energy Department on nuclear power reforms, according to the Journal.…

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