Karbon Engineering

What Karbon Engineering does

Karbon Engineering is a privately held U.S. professional engineering firm specializing in MEP/FP (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing/Fire Protection) consulting, data-driven design, and commissioning services for mission-critical facilities. The firm operates from Edison, New Jersey, with professional engineering licensure in 16 U.S. states and NCEES Accreditation enabling multi-jurisdiction practice, and has delivered project work in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Panama.

The company's offerings are organized around three service disciplines - Engineering Consulting (site feasibility, capacity planning, peer review, energy audits), Data-Driven Design (full MEP/FP design using real-time performance data, CFD analysis, arc flash and short-circuit coordination studies), and Commissioning (Level 1-5 functional testing, operator training, LEED Fundamental and Enhanced commissioning). Its core technology includes a proprietary AI CRAH control system that delivered 70% fan energy reduction at a financial firm's live data center, an ultra-efficient modular data center architecture with a guaranteed PUE of 1.15 and 85% water reduction versus traditional designs, and a custom test rig for simulating summer temperature and humidity conditions to validate cooling equipment in winter. Karbon holds Uptime Institute Tier III design certifications and has delivered LEED Gold certified facilities.

Karbon serves three primary verticals: data centers (enterprise operators, colocation, financial, telecom, technology firms), corporate and commercial interiors (large offices, trading floors, media facilities), and government facilities. The client base is heavily concentrated in financial services and Big Tech, with named or referenced engagements for BlackRock, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Bloomberg, Equinix, TELUS, Verizon, Facebook, Amazon, Google, Apple, and Adobe, alongside multiple multi-region projects for confidential financial and telecom clients. Revenue is generated through project-specific professional services engagements on multi-year contracts, priced through custom proposals based on scope and complexity, with no standardized public pricing or productized offering. The leadership team is anchored by President Pete Oliveri (25+ years, $1B+ in directed data center projects), VP of Design Dahoud Mahmud (17+ years), and VP of Commissioning Roy H. Feinzig (32+ years).

Name

Karbon Engineering

Legal name

Karbon Engineering

Website

https://karbonengineering.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Karbon Engineering is a privately held MEP/FP engineering consulting firm providing data-driven design and commissioning services for mission-critical data centers, corporate offices, and government facilities, with enterprise clients concentrated in financial services and Big Tech.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Edison

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Professional engineering consulting services including site feasibility studies, demand analysis, capacity planning, site surveys, facility assessments, peer reviews, energy audits, and post-failure analysis. Provided before and during project phases to help clients make build vs. lease decisions, site selection, and design approach decisions.
2. MEP/FP Design Services: Data-driven design services for greenfield and retrofit projects including prime consultant engineering, schematic design, design development, construction documents, and construction administration. Services for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection systems.
3. Commissioning Services: Commissioning and retro-commissioning services from Level 1-5, including functional testing, construction inspections, operator training, LEED fundamental and enhanced commissioning, and near end-of-warranty reviews. Services delivered throughout construction phase and post-occupancy.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Karbon Engineering provides MEP/FP (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing/Fire Protection) engineering consulting, data-driven design, and commissioning services for mission critical facilities. The firm delivers pre-design consulting, full infrastructure design, and Level 1-5 commissioning across data centers, corporate offices, and government facilities, with emphasis on energy and water efficiency, resiliency, and lifecycle cost reduction.

Product overview

Karbon Engineering is an MEP/FP (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing/Fire Protection) professional engineering firm specializing in mission critical facilities. The company operates as a single unified service offering organized around three core disciplines: Engineering Consulting, Data Driven Design, and Commissioning, delivered across three market verticals — Data Centers, Corporate/Commercial Interiors, and Government Facilities. Its data center practice includes Engineering Consulting (site feasibility, capacity planning, peer review), Data Driven Design (full MEP/FP infrastructure design), and Data Center Commissioning (validation, testing, operator training). The corporate and government practices use the same core engineering and commissioning services tailored to office fit-outs and government facility requirements. LEED certification advisory and NCEES-accredited professional engineering are cross-cutting capabilities across all service lines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 80% average energy savings through energy efficient designs
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers43 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Confidential Large Telecommunication CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKarbon Engineering serves as an Alliance Engineering Partner for all telecom and data center facilities in New York and Pennsylvania for this large U.S. based telecom provider. Provides design and commissioning services, conducts studies for arc flash, short circuit coordination, energy efficiency, and expansions, manages consultants, and provides fire protection engineering and control system design.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with significant mission-critical and data center capabilities through its construction services; competes on enterprise-scale engagements Karbon serves.
• HDR Inc. Engineering, architecture, and consulting firm with data center, healthcare, and government building practices; competes for similar large capital project and commissioning mandates.
• Stantec: Engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm with a buildings practice serving data centers, healthcare, and corporate facilities — overlapping client types and commissioning scopes.
• WSP Global: Global professional services firm with property and buildings engineering practices, including mission-critical and data center design — competes on large institutional and financial-services facility commissions.
• Black & Veatch: Large global EPC and engineering firm with an established data center and mission-critical practice; offers broader portfolio scale than Karbon, but overlaps directly on hyperscale and colocation design and commissioning work.
• Jacobs Solutions: Diversified engineering, procurement, construction, and consulting firm with mission-critical facilities capabilities for cloud, colocation, and federal clients — competes for the same large enterprise and government design/commissioning work.

Direct peers

• Syska Hennessy Group: MEP/FP engineering and commissioning consultancy of comparable scale, with deep mission-critical and data center practices for financial, technology, and government clients — directly overlapping Karbon's core offering and customer mix.
• ME Engineers: MEP engineering consultancy with strong data center, financial trading floor, and high-performance commercial building practices; competes head-to-head with Karbon in consulting, design, and commissioning engagements.
• DLB Associates: Specialist engineering and commissioning firm focused on mission-critical data centers, providing MEP design, commissioning, and energy modeling — a like-for-like competitor for hyperscale and colocation RFPs.
• Page: Architectural/engineering consultancy with a dedicated mission-critical practice serving data centers, healthcare, and corporate interiors — directly comparable in scope and client profile to Karbon.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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