Bezos Backs Flourish's $500M Bet on Brain-Inspired AI
Jeff Bezos anchored a $500M round for Flourish, a New York startup building Cortex AI from connectomics research, targeting 20-50W operation versus server-rack GPU clusters.
Articles Tagged "Energy"
Meta Deploys Tent Data Centers to Halve AI Build Time
Meta is building tent-style rapid deployment structures at its Ohio Prometheus facility, cutting construction timelines roughly in half and bypassing grid delays with off-grid gas power.
SoftBank Commits €75B to French AI Data Centers
SoftBank will build 5 GW of AI data center capacity in France for up to €75 billion, a phased commitment that would create the largest AI compute cluster in Europe.
NextEra Buys Dominion for $67B on AI Power Demand
NextEra's $67B acquisition of Dominion creates the world's largest regulated utility to meet AI data center electricity demand.
xAI Runs 46 Gas Turbines Near Memphis - NAACP Sues
xAI operates 46 gas turbines at its Southaven data center power plant, five above its state permit, as the NAACP seeks an emergency court order over Clean Air Act violations.
NVIDIA Bets $2.1B on IREN to Build 5 GW AI Factories
NVIDIA and IREN plan 5 GW of DSX-aligned AI factories, backed by a $2.1B investment warrant and a $3.4B, five-year GPU cloud contract.
Maine Vetoes First US AI Data Center Moratorium
Maine Governor Janet Mills killed LD 307, the first proposed statewide AI data center moratorium in the US, to protect a $550 million project in Jay.
Fermi CEO and CFO Exit - $20B Nuclear AI Bet Implodes
Fermi America's CEO and CFO both departed as the nuclear-powered AI data center startup collapsed 83% from its IPO high with no revenue and no anchor tenant.
NVIDIA and Emerald AI Turn Data Centers Into Grid Assets
NVIDIA's DSX Flex library and Emerald AI's Conductor platform let AI factories ramp GPU power up or down in seconds, unlocking faster grid connections and up to 100GW of new U.S. capacity.
OpenAI Seeks 50 GW Fusion Deal - Altman Steps Aside
OpenAI is in advanced talks to buy up to 50 gigawatts of fusion energy from Helion, the startup where Sam Altman holds a personal stake worth an estimated $375 million.
Seven Tech Giants Will Sign Trump's 'Ratepayer Protection Pledge' to Build Their Own Power for AI Data Centers
Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, xAI, Oracle, and OpenAI will meet at the White House on March 4 to sign a voluntary pledge to build, bring, or buy their own electricity supply for AI data centers - but the agreement has no enforcement mechanism.
Sam Altman Defends AI Energy Consumption at India Summit as GPT-4o Retirement Sparks User Revolt
OpenAI's CEO told the India AI Impact Summit that training AI costs less energy than raising a human child, while thousands of users petition to reverse GPT-4o's retirement.
