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AI companies are building massive natural gas plants to power data centers. What can go wrong?
By techtost.com
Who doesn’t love a good round of FOMO? From dot-com to Web 2.0, virtual reality to blockchain, the tech industry is very afraid of missing a…
Data centers have become so large that their power requirements now rival entire US states. Take Meta’s Hyperion AI data center for example. When completed, the…
Cognichip wants AI to design the chips that power AI, and it just raised $60 million to test
By techtost.com
More advanced silicon chips have accelerated the development of artificial intelligence. Now can AI return the favor? Cognichip is building a deep learning model to work…
Two US senators have launched the latest attack in an increasingly active front against data centers and their energy use. Senators Josh Hawley and Elizabeth Warren…
Hyperscale Power is the latest startup to challenge 140-year-old transformer technology
By techtost.com
The iron transformer is the 140-year-old technology that supports both the power grid and AI companies. The devices are clunky but reliable, which explains why they’re…
As AI data centers push their power limits, Peak XV supports Indian startup C2i to fix the problem
By techtost.com
Power, not compute, is quickly becoming the limiting factor in scaling AI data centers. This change prompted Peak XV Partners to support C2i Semiconductorsan Indian startup…
Twilio co-founder’s fusion power startup raises $450 million from Bessemer and Alphabet’s GV
By techtost.com
Inertia Enterprises has raised $450 million to build one of the world’s most powerful lasers, which it hopes will serve as the foundation of a grid-scale…
The Polish government said Russian government hackers broke into parts of the country’s energy grid infrastructure by exploiting its poor security. On Friday, Poland’s Computer Emergency…
Google is the latest investor to back Redwood Materials as the battery recycling and cathode manufacturing startup scales a new energy storage business to power artificial…
Electric bike company Rad Power Bikes has reached an agreement to be sold to a company called Life Electric Vehicles Holdings (or Life EV) for about…