Clean Energy Tech Deals Are Booming—Powered By Data Centers

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at how the U.S. EV market is about to get quirkier and the bipartisan appeal of recycling.

India’s Fuel Security Risk Is A Billion-Dollar Aviation Fuel Opportunity

India’s ultra-cheap solar and agricultural waste could combine with green hydrogen to produce sustainable aviation fuel cheaper than oil-based jet fuel within a decade.

The Digital Dust Bowl: The Brutal Physical Reality Of The AI Boom

AI runs on land, water, and power—not the cloud. Here is the brutal physical footprint of the data center boom, and the hidden cost communities are paying.

Applied Computing wants to give oil and gas operators an AI model for the entire plant

Applied Computing has raised a $20M Series A to build a foundation AI model for the oil, gas and petrochemical industry.

Renewed Iran Fighting Will Sustain Shift To Clean Energy

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at California’s new EV rebates and Peak Energy’s sodium-ion battery plans

Grid War: How Geopolitics And Anxiety Drive Home Solar

Cyberattacks on power grids and shifting federal policy are pushing Americans toward rooftop solar and batteries — not for climate ideals, but personal security.

What Is A Data Center And Why Are They Suddenly Everywhere?

From AI to cloud computing, data centers power today’s digital world. Learn about their function and why companies are racing to build more of them.

Cambodia, Thailand Sit On Billions In Oil And Gas That’s Untouchable

Cambodia and Thailand are sitting on $300 billion in undeveloped oil and gas in the Gulf of Thailand — frozen by a 25-year maritime border dispute.

Gyre Energy raises $1.3M to cut industrial cooling costs with AI and thermal storage

Gyre Energy an Oxford-founded energy tech company using AI and thermal energy storage to cut the cost and energy demand of industrial cooling, has secured over $1.3 million in investment and grant fun…

UK battery materials startup TaiSan founded by chess champion raises £4.65M

A UK battery materials startup founded by a former chess champion has raised £4.65m in a seed round, it said today. TaiSan, which operates out of a Cambridge battery lab, builds next-generation sodium…