Breakneck data center growth challenges Microsoft’s sustainability goals
Microsoft’s sustainability goals are imperiled by its push into AI and cloud services.
Trump administration to claw back $3.7B in clean energy and manufacturing awards
Large corporations and growing startups were wrapped up in the latest move by the Trump administration to undo Biden-era contracts.
Tesla alum’s Heron Power closes $38M Series A to transform key grid technology
Heron Power is developing solid-state transformers, which promise to be more compact and responsive than the century-old analog models.
Tesla pleads for Senate to spare its booming energy business
If the Senate were to pass it with those repeals in tact, it could have a devastating impact on Tesla’s energy division.
Volteras wants to connect to more EVs than anyone else
Volteras has raised $11.1 million to expand its connected car offerings to automakers and companies that want to interact with EVs.
Atomic Canyon wants to be ChatGPT for the nuclear industry
Atomic Canyon raised $7 million in a seed round to expand its document search AI for nuclear power plants.
Rocket Lab backer Outset raises $25M to fund New Zealand’s deep tech moonshots
Outset Ventures, the Auckland-based venture firm and incubator that spun out deep tech unicorns like Rocket Lab and LanzaTech, has closed its second fund at an oversubscribed $41.5 million NZD.
Gridcare thinks more than 100 MW of data center capacity is hiding in the grid
Gridcare raised $13.3 million for its data platform that finds underutilized capacity on the electrical grid.
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Here are the nuclear fission startups backed by Big Tech
Big tech companies are turning to nuclear power as AI ramps up demand for electricity.