Evan Schmidt is Co-Founder and COO at Voxel Energy, a Y Combinator-backed company building energy-independent data centers powered by solar and repurposed EV batteries. He brings over a decade of experience in architecture and commercial construction management, specializing in data center projects.

Evan has managed millions of dollars in commercial, HVAC, and data center projects throughout his career. His background includes hands-on engineering and fabrication expertise that bridges innovation with technical construction demands.

Evan combines deep technical knowledge in architecture and construction with practical project management skills. His expertise allows him to integrate clean energy technologies with the complex requirements of cutting-edge computing infrastructure.

Voxel Energy was founded in 2025 by ex-Tesla entrepreneurs and is part of Y Combinator's Winter 2026 batch. The company is deploying hundreds of megawatts of solar power and has thousands of acres under contract for data center development.

Voxel Energy addresses the AI power bottleneck by building data centers in months instead of years, completely bypassing utility grid connection delays. The company's proprietary DC microgrid architecture leverages second-life EV batteries to provide 24/7 power for AI compute workloads.