Google, Nvidia and Anthropic want Emerald AI to find space on the grid for more data centers
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Google, Nvidia, Anthropic and a startup called Emerald AI have formed an alliance to find 100 gigawatts of electricity capacity for new data centers.
The alliance uses Emerald AI's software to make data centers reduce their power consumption during peak hours by pausing less critical tasks or moving calculations to other data centers where the grid has spare capacity. This is a development of demand response, an old concept where large electricity users historically reduced their usage in exchange for payment during high-demand periods. Emerald AI has already raised $150 million to roll out the technology at a larger scale.
Grid software unicorn Emerald AI has formed a coalition with Google and Nvidia that will use the startup's technology to secure space on the grid for more data centers.
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