What Promera does

Promera, LLC is a US-headquartered, PE-backed provider of technical cleaning, contamination control, and installation services for mission-critical environments, principally data centers, cleanrooms, and life sciences facilities. Founded in 1980 as Data Clean and rebranded to Promera in November 2025, the company operates four service lines: Pre-Commissioning Services (PCS) for new builds and retrofits, Ongoing Maintenance Services (OMS) for recurring compliance-driven cleaning, Installation & Product Solutions (IPS) covering containment systems, structured cabling, seismic bracing, and airflow hardware, and Sterile Science, a sub-brand for pharmaceutical, biotech, and healthcare contamination control. Core proprietary technology includes the Dry Fog bio-decontamination system (aerosolized Minncare Cold Sterilant achieving 6-log microbial kill across up to 40,000 sq ft in 6 hours) and the Triple Clean three-stage manual disinfection method. Promera holds ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certifications, is FDA GMP compliant, and operates 12 US offices plus a Singapore APAC regional headquarters acquired via the May 2026 purchase of Data Clean Asia.

The company generates revenue through quote-based professional services engagements and multi-year contracts with enterprise buyers (hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, and edge data center operators, plus life sciences and pharmaceutical customers), supplemented by hardware sales through the e-commerce storefront shop.dataclean.com and a partner-resold AI-driven thermal monitoring platform (EkkoSense EkkoSoft Critical). Its go-to-market relies on enterprise field sales organized by region (West, Central, East, International) under Regional VPs, supported by content marketing, SEO, and industry events. The firm is led by CEO Dr. Brian Poplin (appointed December 2024) and is a portfolio company of Angeles Equity Partners, LLC, which has backed an active acquisition program (four deals in under two years) intended to expand the geographic and service footprint across North America and into Asia-Pacific.

Name

Promera

Legal name

Promera, LLC

Website

https://promerasolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Promera provides technical cleaning, contamination control, and installation services for data centers, cleanrooms, and life sciences facilities across North America and Asia-Pacific, using proprietary Dry Fog decontamination technology and a 250+ technician field workforce under PE ownership by Angeles Equity Partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlotte

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Cleaning & Decontamination Services: Recurring and project-based professional services for critical environment cleaning, contamination control, pre-commissioning, ongoing maintenance, and specialized decontamination. Revenue is generated through contracted service agreements and on-demand project engagements across data center, cleanroom, and life sciences facilities.
2. Installation & Product Solutions (IPS): Turnkey design, installation, and product sales including containment systems, access flooring, blanking panels, KoldLok grommets, security cages, structured cabling, seismic bracing, leak detection, and specialty products. Sold through direct sales and e-commerce storefront (shop.dataclean.com).
3. Sterile Science Contamination Control Services: Specialized cleaning and decontamination services for life sciences, pharmaceutical, biotech, and healthcare facilities including dry fog sterilization, cleanroom cleaning, bioburden reduction, and technical consulting.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Promera provides specialized technical cleaning, contamination control, decontamination, and installation services for data centers (hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, edge), cleanrooms, and life sciences/pharmaceutical facilities. The offering spans the full facility lifecycle - from Pre-Commissioning Services for new construction through Ongoing Maintenance Services, Installation & Product Solutions for containment/access flooring/infrastructure, and Sterile Science decontamination services (Dry Fog, Triple Clean) using ISO-certified quality management systems.

Product overview

Promera is a critical environment solutions provider that was originally founded as Data Clean over 45 years ago. The company offers a portfolio of services organized into four main areas: Pre-Commissioning Services (PCS) for new builds and retrofits; Ongoing Maintenance Services (OMS) for proactive contamination control and cleaning; Installation & Product Solutions (IPS) for turnkey design, installation, and product solutions; and Sterile Science, a sub-brand providing specialized contamination control for life sciences, pharmaceutical, biotech, and healthcare facilities. The IPS division also sells complementary hardware products including airflow management solutions (blanking panels, KoldLok grommets, aisle containment), contamination control products (sticky mats, HEPA vacuums), access flooring products, and specialty products. Sterile Science offers distinct decontamination methods including Dry Fog (aerosolized Minncare peracetic acid solution achieving 6-log kill) and Triple Clean (three-step manual process with germicidal surfactant, sporicidal disinfectant, and IPA rinse). Promera also resells/recommends partner technology including EkkoSense AI cooling optimization software.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Sterile Science: A trusted provider of specialized contamination control solutions for life sciences, pharmaceutical, biotech, and healthcare facilities. Provides services including facility disinfection, dry fog sterilization, cleanroom cleaning, bioburden reduction, and technical consulting.

Products and services

• Pre-Commissioning Services (PCS) Specialized cleaning and environmental management for new data center builds and retrofits, partnering with contractors to maintain continuous cleanliness from construction through final delivery, including pre-construction monitoring, equipment protection, phased cleaning, and environmental monitoring.
• Ongoing Maintenance Services (OMS) Proactive cleaning and compliance solutions preserving critical uptime and equipment integrity, including overhead and ceiling cleaning, underfloor plenum cleaning, exterior hardware cleaning using eco-friendly solutions and HEPA-filtered vacuums, and floor cleaning to restore static dissipation properties.
• Installation & Product Solutions (IPS) Turnkey design, installation, and product solutions for demanding digital infrastructure environments, including airflow containment systems, security cages, structured cabling, seismic bracing, leak detection, and raised access flooring.
• Sterile Science Specialized contamination control solutions for life sciences, pharmaceutical, biotech, and healthcare facilities, including facility disinfection, Dry Fog sterilization, cleanroom cleaning, bioburden reduction, and technical consulting services.
• Airflow Management Products Blanking panels (EZIBLANK, HotLok, PLENAFILL), KoldLok raised-floor grommets, aisle containment systems (AisleLok Modular Containment), perforated floor panels (Infinity MAX-AIR, Infinity AIR-STREAM), and damper kits designed to maximize cooling efficiency and energy savings.
• Contamination Control Products Sticky mats, HEPA/ULPA vacuums, contamination control mats, and tools engineered to maintain critical cleanliness in data center environments.
• Access Flooring Products High-performance perforated panels and specialty tools for maintaining raised floor systems, including Infinity MAX-AIR 66% Open Perforated Panel and Infinity AIR-STREAM 55% Open Perforated Panel.
• Specialty Products Environmental monitors, seismic bracing clamps, perforated tile lifters, floor puller and bracket kits, and other support infrastructure products.
• EkkoSoft Critical (EkkoSense) AI-driven software platform for real-time thermal monitoring in data centers. Features rack-level temperature monitoring, AI-powered cooling recommendations, integration with CRAC units and cooling assets, and ASHRAE compliance support.

Quantifiable outcome

• Achieves 6-log sterility assurance level (1 in 1,000,000 inactivation) validated by biological indicators across decontamination projects
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• FST Technical Services: Specialty services firm focused on cleanroom, life sciences and pharmaceutical contamination control with overlapping scope to Promera's Sterile Science sub-brand. Identified by Promera's VP of Marketing as a prior employer, validating market overlap in the same life-sciences vertical.
• Controlled Contamination Services: Specialized cleanroom and data center cleaning services provider that directly competes with Promera for the same mission-critical contamination-control and cleanroom maintenance engagements. Identified by Promera management as a prior employer of a senior Promera regional vice president, validating direct competitive overlap.
• Pristine Environments: Regional provider of commercial cleaning services with a dedicated data center and mission-critical facilities practice. Identified as a prior employer of Promera's Regional VP, East, in similar commercial-divisional leadership roles, confirming direct market overlap.

Broad incumbents

• ABM Industries: Large public facility services provider (NYSE: ABM) with a dedicated Technical Solutions group that competes for data center cleaning and mission-critical maintenance contracts alongside broader janitorial and integrated facility services.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Global real estate services firm whose facility services practice competes for technical cleaning and contamination-control engagements within its broader enterprise real estate and workplace services portfolio.
• ISS A/S: Global facility services giant with significant exposure to data center, cleanroom and life-sciences maintenance. Promera's COO Ed Pim previously held executive roles at ISS, signaling both operational pedigree and direct competitive overlap in integrated facility services for critical environments.
• CBRE Group: Global commercial real estate services and investment firm with a Workplace Solutions / facility services arm that increasingly bundles data center operations support, including contamination control and cleanroom services, into multi-site enterprise contracts.
• Compass Group: Global contract food services and support services provider with adjacent facility support, cleaning and hygiene capabilities that increasingly touches critical-environment and life-sciences cleaning through its support services portfolio.
• JLL: Global real estate services firm whose facility management practice competes with scaled, integrated facility services including data center and cleanroom maintenance. Identified as a prior employer of Promera's VP of Marketing, confirming both talent and competitive overlap.

Emerging players

• Anticimex Group: European-headquartered pest control and hygiene services platform that has executed a roll-up strategy in adjacent hygiene and critical-environment services. Promera's VP Corp Dev previously led 55+ acquisitions at Anticimex adding ~$250M of revenue, signaling comparable PE-backed roll-up operating model in a related hygiene services vertical.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A3 records

Investments

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