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Liquidstar
Techstars '23Los Angeles, US · Founded 2017 · 3 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
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Liquidstar builds a global network of modular micro data centers powered by solar energy to provide compute, connectivity, water, and internet services to remote and frontier regions. The company targets areas lacking reliable infrastructure and emergency scenarios by offering self-powered, sustainable utility infrastructure.
Also known as Liquidstar
Investors · 2
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Liquidstar develops and deploys "Waypoints" — rapidly deployable, self-powered modular micro data centers that combine edge/AI compute with core utility services. Each Waypoint is designed as infrastructure in a box: it uses solar and biogas for power, can train and run AI models, generates clean water through an atmospheric water generator integrated with an air-conditioning unit and immersion cooling system, and provides connectivity via LEO satellite. The company describes its ambition as building the largest network of sovereign-stack modular micro data centers, converting solar energy into compute, connectivity, water, mobility and economic utility.
The design treats digital workloads as anchor demand for the local energy system, which the company says improves energy utilization and helps subsidize local utility access. Surplus energy, water and internet capacity is sold to nearby residents in off-grid rural areas at a discount: a Waypoint can supply electricity via rentable batteries to more than 80 households, produce roughly 100 liters of water per day, and host internet access for up to 1,200 individuals. Liquidstar frames this as addressing energy offtake problems while also addressing UN Sustainable Development Goals 6 and 7, with potential relevance to SDGs 3 and 4.
Stated use cases include frontier and off-grid regions seeking to leapfrog legacy infrastructure, remote business operations where activity is otherwise expensive and unsustainable, emergency and disaster settings where grids have been destroyed, and general remote living and economic activity.
Founding story
The company's work grew out of research into the intersection of blockchain and IoT alongside other emergent and newly commoditized technologies, aimed at environmental, humanitarian and industrial challenges. It began with a blockchain-based solar microgrid utility case study in 2016 and moved into protocol-level self-sovereign identity connecting human, company and device identities.
Business model
Liquidstar manufactures and deploys Waypoint micro data center units whose compute workloads serve as anchor energy demand, with excess electricity, water and internet capacity sold to nearby off-grid users at a discount. Electricity is distributed through rentable batteries.
Revenue is generated from digital/AI compute workloads hosted at Waypoints and from the sale of surplus electricity (via rentable batteries), water and internet access to local users.
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Market position
Liquidstar positions itself as building a planetary-scale network of sovereign-stack modular micro data centers for frontier regions, combining edge compute with utility provision rather than offering compute or off-grid utilities alone.
The company pairs data center compute demand with local utility distribution so that digital workloads underwrite energy utilization, and integrates identity software into its batteries and charging stations to support autonomous, decentralized utility operations.
Technology
Waypoints integrate solar and biogas power generation, AI/edge compute capable of training and running AI models, an atmospheric water generator paired with an air-conditioning unit and immersion cooling system, and LEO satellite internet connectivity. The company also developed protocol-level self-sovereign identity linking human, company and device identities, used in its batteries and Waypoint charging stations as the backbone for what it calls a Decentralized Autonomous Utility software platform.
Go-to-market
Off-grid and rural communities in frontier regions, remote business operations, and emergency or disaster response scenarios where grid infrastructure is unavailable or destroyed.
Geography
Targets off-grid rural and frontier regions globally; deployments are described in general terms rather than by named location.
History
Following a 2016 blockchain-based solar microgrid utility case study, the team developed a self-sovereign identity backbone and then productized Waypoint micro data centers combining compute with electricity, water and internet delivery. As of the company's current materials, its stated goal is to deploy 100,000 Waypoints serving 100 million people by 2030.
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- Liquidstarliquidstar.io · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Liquidstar do?
- Liquidstar builds solar-powered modular micro data centers, called Waypoints, that deliver compute, electricity, water and internet.
- Who are Liquidstar's investors?
- Liquidstar's investors include Flori Ventures, Techstars.
- Where is Liquidstar headquartered?
- Liquidstar is headquartered in Los Angeles, US.