Data center cooling startup Glacian Technologies wins $10k at Pittsburgh Tech Week pitch competition

The company uses AI digital twins to cut facility energy use, already landing its first client and $8 million in research backing to build its software.

By: Alice Crow

Outlets: Technical.ly

Published: September 15, 2026

Words: 598

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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A data center cooling software startup took home $10,000 at EXPlore: Pittsburgh Tech Week’s second annual pitch competition.

Glacian Technologies won the top prize after pitching alongside four other local startups Monday. The company, founded in January 2026, combines a “digital twin” — a detailed simulation of a data center’s cooling system — with an AI model that proposes ways to run that equipment more efficiently, according to cofounder Jie Zhao.

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