Geothermal startup Fervo Energy pops 33% in IPO debut fueled by AI data center demand
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2275460528.jpeg?resize=1200,800 Fervo Energy, the geothermal energy startup, saw [...]
Former Tesla exec and Heron Power CEO Drew Baglino has founded a heat pump startup
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/drew-heron.jpg?resize=1200,826 Former Tesla executive Drew Baglino has quietly [...]
The biggest US power grid is under strain from AI — and no one is happy
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Energy-sector-Getty.jpg?resize=1200,801 Pity the grid operator PJM Interconnection. For [...]
Porsche shutters e-bike, battery, software subsidiaries as part of company overhaul
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Porsche-electric-macan-Getty.jpg?resize=1200,801 Porsche is closing three of its subsidiaries [...]
Microsoft’s AI data center push is colliding with its clean power goals
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/GettyImages-1475927398.jpeg?resize=1200,674 Microsoft is weighing whether to delay or [...]
Geothermal startup Fervo Energy to raise up to $1.3B in IPO
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/fervo-geothermal-site-at-night.jpg?resize=1200,675 Geothermal startup Fervo Energy said Monday it [...]
Barocal can cool your food and drink by squeezing a hunk of plastic crystals
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/GettyImages-1371981344.jpg?resize=1200,800 Refrigerators today run on the same basic [...]
Fusion power startup Zap Energy pulls a partial pivot, adding nuclear fission to the mix
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Zap-Energy-Century-reaction-chamber.jpg?resize=1200,800 Nobody said building a fusion power plant [...]
Earth AI is vertically integrating the search for critical minerals
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-157501301.jpeg?resize=1200,803 A model is only as good as [...]
How one venture firm is investing in an increasingly fragmented world
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/GettyImages-1176441713.jpeg?resize=1200,800 The world today is riven by cultural [...]