# Yuval Bachar

> Yuval Bachar is the founder and CEO of EdgeCloudLink (ECL), the company building the world's first off-grid hydrogen-powered modular data centers. A 20+ year veteran of hyperscale infrastructure at Cisco, Juniper Networks, Facebook/Meta, LinkedIn, and Microsoft Azure, Bachar co-founded the Open19 open hardware standards project and holds eight U.S. patents. At ECL, he is reimagining what a data center can be - deploying capacity in nine months (vs. the industry's 3-4 years), generating zero emissions, and producing cooling water as a byproduct of hydrogen fuel cells. In May 2024, ECL unveiled the world's first off-grid hydrogen-powered AI data center in Mountain View, California, and Lambda deployed the first hydrogen-powered NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems there. ECL's TerraSite-TX1 near Houston is planned as a 1-gigawatt AI factory on 600 acres.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at ECL (EdgeCloudLink)
- **Organizations:** ECL (EdgeCloudLink), Open19 Foundation, Microsoft Azure, LinkedIn, Facebook / Meta, Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, Digital Equipment Corporation
- **From:** Israel
- **Nationality:** Israeli-American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering (BSEE), Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Founded ECL, delivering the world's first off-grid hydrogen-powered AI data center (Mountain View, CA, 2024), Announced ECL TerraSite-TX1 - world's first 1 GW hydrogen-powered AI factory data center near Houston, TX, Co-founded the Open19 project at LinkedIn in 2016, now hosted by the Linux Foundation

## Career timeline

- **1988-1992** — Studied Electrical Engineering at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
- **1990s** — Early engineering career at Digital Equipment Corporation
- **Early 2000s** — Senior engineering roles at Juniper Networks in networking infrastructure
- **Mid 2000s** — Senior Director of Engineering in the CTO office at Cisco Systems; won three Cisco Pioneer Awards
- **2013-2015** — Hardware Networking Engineer at Facebook, leading data center networking hardware architecture
- **2015-2019** — Principal Engineer, Global Data Center Infrastructure Architecture and Strategy at LinkedIn; co-founded the Open19 project in 2016
- **2019-2021** — Principal Hardware Architect, Azure Platform at Microsoft
- **2021** — Founded EdgeCloudLink (ECL) to build hydrogen-powered off-grid modular data centers
- **2021** — Joined Linux Foundation's Open19 Foundation as President
- **2023-01** — ECL announced $7M seed funding round
- **2024-05** — ECL unveiled ECL-MV1, the world's first off-grid hydrogen-powered AI data center in Mountain View, California
- **2024-09** — ECL announced TerraSite-TX1: 1 GW off-grid hydrogen-powered AI factory on 600 acres near Houston, Texas
- **2024-10** — ECL closed $10M investment from Hyperwise Ventures (total funding reached ~$20M)
- **2025** — Lambda and ECL brought first hydrogen-powered NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems online at ECL-MV1
- **2025** — ECL TerraSite-TX1 Phase 1 (50MW) targeted for summer delivery; ECL raising $1.2B for large-scale deployment

## Achievements

- Founded ECL, delivering the world's first off-grid hydrogen-powered AI data center (Mountain View, CA, 2024)
- Announced ECL TerraSite-TX1 - world's first 1 GW hydrogen-powered AI factory data center near Houston, TX
- Co-founded the Open19 project at LinkedIn in 2016, now hosted by the Linux Foundation
- Served as President of the Open19 Foundation, driving open hardware standards for edge and enterprise
- Holds eight U.S. patents in data center, networking, and system design
- Recipient of three Cisco Pioneer Awards
- Built critical data center networking infrastructure at Facebook/Meta
- Led global data center infrastructure architecture at LinkedIn
- Served as Principal Hardware Architect for Azure Platform at Microsoft
- Partnered with Lambda and Supermicro to deploy first hydrogen-powered NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems (142 kW each)
- Recognized as a top influencer in the data infrastructure industry
- ECL has won 15+ major sustainability and innovation awards (2024-2025)

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Lambda and ECL brought first hydrogen-powered NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems online at Mountain View; Lambda doubled its footprint at ECL-MV1 to 100%.
- **2025-07** — ECL featured in Forbes Tech Council on addressing AI's power demands with off-grid solutions.
- **2025-04** — Michael Glickman appointed as ECL President to support scaling of sustainable AI infrastructure.
- **2024-09** — ECL announced TerraSite-TX1, world's first 1 GW off-grid hydrogen-powered AI factory on 600+ acres near Houston, TX. Phase 1 (50MW) at ~$450M.
- **2024-05** — ECL unveiled ECL-MV1, world's first off-grid hydrogen-powered AI data center in Mountain View, CA.
- **2024-10** — ECL raised $10M from Hyperwise Ventures, bringing total funding to ~$20M. Company now raising $1.2B for full-scale deployment.

## Links

- Website: https://ecldc.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuvalbachar/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ECL_DC
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089777105937

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Last updated: 2026-05-09