Aston

Aston provides integrated large-scale power delivery and capacity solutions, primarily targeting the data center industry. The company's mission is to offer the fastest path to clean energy for the global supply chain, enabling industrial energy consumers to decrease their dependence on fossil fuels. Aston orchestrates the complete power capacity stack, from generation and transmission to firming, smoothing, and orchestration, packaging it as a single managed service. This allows clients to decouple their growth from the constraints of traditional utility providers. The company was co-founded by Greg Robinson (CEO), Ed McKenzie (CTO), Kha Dang (General Counsel), and Michael Marshall (CFO). Both Robinson and McKenzie previously co-founded Drift, a venture-backed retail power company that developed a 24/7 commercial carbon-free energy contract. Robinson has a background as a clean energy entrepreneur, with experience in renewable power trading and helping large corporations meet sustainability goals. McKenzie is a platform and engineering expert with experience at Microsoft, Google, and Deloitte Digital. Aston's core offerings are its Independent Power Network and the Aston Clean Energy Campus. The Independent Power Network is designed to meet the high-demand, around-the-clock power needs of data centers, especially those for hyperscale, AI, and high-performance computing (HPC). The Aston Clean Energy Campus is a demand-driven model for building and powering new industrial projects like data centers, cold storage, and EV charging facilities using on-site, carbon-free electricity from sources like wind, solar, and geothermal. This allows for rapid deployment without reliance on the existing power grid. Aston guarantees timelines and firm power, with service level agreements ensuring 99.9% availability at the substation by orchestrating on-site generation, long-duration storage, and private transmission. In June 2026, Aston announced it had raised $20 million in a Series A funding round and secured strategic equity investments from TDK Ventures and JLL Spark Global Ventures to accelerate the growth of its data center power delivery business. Keywords: industrial power solutions, data center energy, clean energy campus, managed power services, gigawatt-scale capacity, industrial private grids, power orchestration, firm power agreements, energy infrastructure, renewable power generation, energy storage solutions, supply chain electrification, carbon-free energy, hyperscale power, AI data center power, high-performance computing energy, power capacity stack, private transmission, energy transition, Greg Robinson