Swiss startup AI Infrastructure Capital AG launches with €16 million to tackle AI compute bottleneck
The company buys NVIDIA GPU servers, runs them on renewable power in Iceland, and rents capacity under long-term contracts.
AI Infrastructure Capital AG, a newly founded Swiss company that purchases servers, operates them at sites with renewable energy, and leases the capacity on long-term contracts, has launched with a recently closed funding round of approximately €16 million.
The anchor investor in the round is Valyou investment foundation in Rapperswil, with its managing director Yonten Wagma joining the company’s board. The fourth board member is entrepreneur Fabian Villiger, also from Rapperswil.
Founded in June 2026 by Cédric Waldburger and Roald Parmentier, and based in Pfäffikon, AI Infrastructure Capital AG owns and rents out compute power for artificial intelligence. It buys enterprise NVIDIA GPU servers outright, installs them at sites powered by renewable energy, and puts them to work under long-term contracts.
Cédric Waldburger is an entrepreneur and investor who backs early-stage tech companies through his venture capital firm Tomahawk.VC. Roald Parmentier comes from data center operations and hardware procurement.
The company has already used the capital to purchase servers built on NVIDIA chips, deployed them in Iceland where electricity comes entirely from renewable sources, and rented out the compute on long-term contracts. Iceland was a deliberate choice: the cool outdoor air does much of the cooling that typically must be generated expensively elsewhere, keeping operating costs low and making the operation more climate-friendly than conventional sites like Frankfurt or Dublin.
“Location and cooling decide whether the operation makes economic sense. In Iceland, renewable power comes together with cold outside air. Over the life of the machines, that is a structural advantage,” said co-founder Roald Parmentier.
Founder Cédric Waldburger added: “Artificial intelligence tends to get discussed as something abstract. Underneath it is a very concrete question: are there enough servers, and are they in the right place? We make sure there are more of them.”
