Emerald AI and Nvidia aim to offer the fast pass for data center grid connects, partnering with power producers and raising new funds
- Apr 4
- 1 min read
FORTUNE — While working at a major renewable energy developer, Varun Sivaram realized that the boom in AI and data centers was outpacing the construction of new power generation, even as wait times for grid interconnections grew longer.
“I realized we couldn’t build our way out of this. We needed intelligent demand,” Sivaram told Fortune.
In a bid to address this need, Sivaram founded a software company called Emerald AI to develop grid flexibility for data centers—essentially reducing power consumption at times of peak load demand on the grid during the hottest or coldest days each year—without harming AI operations.
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