Nvidia backs new data center power management startup Emerald AI
The amount of energy needed to power the massive data centers being built for the next wave of AI is staggering. But it isn’t flexible.
“Traditionally, the power grid has treated data centers as inflexible — energy system operators assume that a 500-megawatt AI factory will always require access to that full amount of power,” said Varun Sivaram, the CEO and founder of Emerald AI, a startup that just emerged from stealth. It’s also backed by Nvidia.
Emerald AI’s software can manage the peaks and valleys of energy demand for data centers by prioritizing critical tasks and offloading or slowing others.
The $24.5 million seed round was led by Radical Ventures, and included some big names: former Secretary of State John Kerry, venture capitalist John Doerr, AI researcher Fei-Fei Li, and Google Chief Scientist Jeff Dean, according to Axios.
Emerald AI’s software can manage the peaks and valleys of energy demand for data centers by prioritizing critical tasks and offloading or slowing others.
The $24.5 million seed round was led by Radical Ventures, and included some big names: former Secretary of State John Kerry, venture capitalist John Doerr, AI researcher Fei-Fei Li, and Google Chief Scientist Jeff Dean, according to Axios.
