Former Tesla exec and Heron Power CEO Drew Baglino has founded a heat pump startup
Sadi Thermal Machines is Drew Baglino’s second startup since leaving Tesla in 2024.
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‘Too early’ to talk IPO, Redwood Materials’ incoming CFO says
The battery-recycling and energy-storage company has hired former Tesla finance chief Deepak Ahuja, reuniting him with former Tesla CTO JB Straubel.
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The biggest U.S. power grid is under strain from AI — and no one is happy
PJM Interconnection — which oversees the grid for some of the densest data center developments on Earth — wants to overhaul itself. Not everyone thinks it’s up to the task.
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Microsoft’s AI data center push is colliding with its clean power goals
The push for new data centers at Microsoft is putting one of the its key clean power goals at risk.
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