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Climate Venture Firm Leaning Into AI With New $150 Million Fund

27. Mai 2026 um 12:00
Five years after Transition Ventures was founded to back early-stage climate startups, the London-based venture capital firm has raised a new $150 million fund, with a focus on power, artificial intelligence, robotics and critical materials.

Investors have shifted their attention from environmentally friendly technology to the expected massive power demands data centers will need.

SoftBank-Backed Firm to File for IPO on Data Center Ambition

20. Mai 2026 um 23:28
SoftBank Group Corp.-backed digital infrastructure firm SB Energy Corp. plans to file a confidential draft registration statement for a proposed initial public offering in the US, the company said in a Wednesday statement.

Fiber optic cables, center, and copper Ethernet cables feed into switches inside a communications room at an office in London, UK, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. The electricity demand boom, driven by data centers, new manufacturing and overall electrification, has shaken up the energy industry and attracted massive amounts of new investment to the power sector. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg

East Coast Power Surges as Heat Spurs Emergency Grid Alert

Wholesale power prices surged as heat descended on the US East, prompting the region’s grid operator to declare a low-level emergency for Tuesday.

"Data Center Alley" during high temperatures in Sterling, Virginia, US, on Monday, June 23, 2025. Electricity use on the biggest US grid, which serves nearly a fifth of Americans from Washington DC to Illinois, is expected to climb to a 12-year high as intense heat spurs air conditioning needs.

California Fire Spread Slows But Dangerous Conditions Linger

18. Mai 2026 um 20:08
Winds that drove a fast-moving brush fire across Southern California’s Simi Valley eased overnight, slowing the blaze’s spread, but dangerous conditions persist as hundreds of firefighters tackle the flames.

Firefighters near the Sandy Fire as it burns in the hills in Simi Valley, California, on May 18.

US Solar Makers Allege China Tariff Evasion Through Ethiopia

12. Mai 2026 um 16:06
A group of US solar manufacturers alleged Tuesday that some overseas panel makers are using production in Ethiopia to evade tariffs on Chinese components.

Solar panel cells move along a conveyor prior to lamination and framing at the Hanwha Q Cells manufacturing facility in Dalton, Georgia, US, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Once a stronghold of the conservative South, Georgia has emerged as both a hub of so-called cleantech manufacturing and a political swing state.
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