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Tesla alum’s Heron Power closes $38M Series A to transform key grid technology

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Heron Power, the electrical grid-focused startup founded by former Tesla executive Drew Baglino, announced Thursday it has raised $38 million in a Series A funding round. Heron Power is developing solid-state transformers, which promise to be more compact and responsive than the century-old analog models. Transformers are key parts of the electrical grid, stepping voltage […]

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Atomic Canyon wants to be ChatGPT for the nuclear industry

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Tech companies are betting heavily that nuclear power can help deliver the electricity they need to realize their AI plans. But data centers need power tomorrow, and the nuclear industry isn’t known for its speed. Trey Lauderdale thinks AI can give nuclear the speed that it needs. Lauderdale’s obsession with nuclear started close to home.

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Bedrock Energy wants geothermal to make data centers cooler and offices more comfortable

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Oil and gas isn’t the only source of energy lurking under our feet. Drill deep enough and the Earth’s temperature stays consistent enough that it can be a source of heating and cooling for homes, offices, and data centers. But in many regions, geothermal wells today bottom out at around 500 feet, a limitation that

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