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Data centre start-up WinDC launches monster $176m Series A raise

Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

Mar 15, 2026 – 6.40pm

WinDC, a builder of small data centres that run on renewable energy, has launched an audacious capital raising, seeking to raise $176 million to fund its first deployment.

Street Talk can reveal the infrastructure company, established by ASE Tech founder Andrew Sjoquist, is currently in the market to raise a mixture of debt and equity from investors. Trident Debt Capital Advisors and Utiliti Group have been appointed as corporate advisers.

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.

Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.

Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review.