Category Energy

AI trends in energy management, optimization, and sustainability.

Gritt Raises $34 Million to Use AI Robots for Solar Construction and Beyond

Solar robotics startup Gritt raised $34 million to automate panel installation and expand its AI systems into broader construction work.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul says AI helped review state rules in months, even as the state pauses new hyperscale data centers.

Industrial AI startup Applied Computing raised $20M to scale Orbital, its model for oil and gas plants, backed by KBR and Databricks Ventures.

New York enacts the first statewide data center moratorium, pausing large permits as regulators assess AI’s energy and environmental impact.

AI data centers are facing rising backlash as communities, lawmakers, and regulators push back over power, water, and pollution costs.

SK Hynix IPO raises $26.5B in the biggest foreign U.S. listing ever, fueled by AI memory demand and new pressure for U.S. fabs.

Sunrun is piloting AI compute in customers’ homes, betting distributed AI compute can ease data center backlash and create new revenue.

Microsoft says carbon emissions rose 25% in 2025 as AI datacenters expanded, highlighting the growing climate cost of its AI push.

The AI compute market is rotating from Nvidia GPUs to memory chips as DRAM and HBM prices surge and GPU rental rates cool.

Microsoft layoffs hit about 4,800 workers as the company expands AI spending and reshapes Xbox and sales around new priorities.