The data center boom has an upside: innovation for the US grid

At TechCrunch Disrupt, WeaveGrid CEO Apoorv Bhargava, Veir CEO Tim Heidel and Rewiring America's Kristin Eberhard said the surge in data center and AI energy demand stresses the aging US grid but also opens opportunities for modernization. WeaveGrid offers load orchestration software, Veir sells superconductive power lines it says carry power five times farther with 20 times less space and raised $110 million in a Series C this month, and Eberhard described the era as one of urgency and willingness to try new things.