# Giga Energy

> Giga Energy manufactures electrical equipment and develops data center sites. Its offerings span transformers, UL 891 switchboards, mining containers, modular AI infrastructure, colocation, and flexible-load power-market services, combining equipment supply with construction and operations.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** Houston, United States
- **Founders:** Matt Lohstroh (Co-founder and CEO), Brent Whitehead (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Three-phase padmount transformers, Substation transformers, UL 891 switchboards, GigaBase, GigaPod
- **Notable:** Homepage reports over 7 GW of infrastructure delivered, as accessed October 3, 2026., Homepage reports 175+ MW of data centers built and a 500+ MW development pipeline., Delivered an RC Power switchboard eight weeks after signed drawings, according to the April 2026 case study.

## Products & services

- **Three-phase padmount transformers** — Liquid-filled distribution transformers with configurable designs up to 46 kV and 10,000 kVA; stock and custom supply.
- **Substation transformers** — Medium- and high-voltage power transformers for larger electrical installations.
- **UL 891 switchboards** — Customizable low-voltage distribution equipment built in Long Beach, California.
- **GigaBase** — Pre-engineered modular AI data center system integrating compute space, power, cooling, backup, and connecting modules.
- **GigaPod** — Factory-built AI compute-space module with air and liquid cooling and distributed power redundancy; racks are installed on site.
- **Giga Box Air and Giga Box Hydro** — Air-cooled and liquid-cooled containers for Bitcoin mining.
- **Site development and colocation** — Powered-land origination, build-to-suit data center development, construction, and hosted infrastructure.
- **Giga Power Systems** — Power-market optimization, demand response, and market participation for flexible-load data centers.

## Achievements

- Homepage reports over 7 GW of infrastructure delivered, as accessed October 3, 2026.
- Homepage reports 175+ MW of data centers built and a 500+ MW development pipeline.
- Delivered an RC Power switchboard eight weeks after signed drawings, according to the April 2026 case study.
- Announced a 60,000-square-foot Houston transformer facility in December 2025, with a planned scale of 3,000+ units annually.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Announced GigaBase, a modular AI data center system marketed around a nine-month deployment timeline.
- **2026-08** — Matt Prusak announced he was joining as Chief Business Officer and interim CFO.
- **2026-10** — Company announced that lead mechanical engineer Stephen O’Neal would teach a three-day data center design course at UW-Madison.

## Links

- Website: https://www.gigaenergy.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gigaenergy/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/GigaEnergy_

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Last updated: 2026-10-03