Startup Planning `Oil and Gas` Approach To Building Self-Powered Data Center Campuses


Startup Planning `Oil and Gas` Approach To Building Self-Powered Data Center Campuses


Top executives from two of the biggest names in the data center and power sectors have gone into startup mode, launching a firm they say will transform how the industry builds self-powered data center campuses.

Data center startup GridFree AI publicly launched last week, touting plans for modular, gas-powered data centers it claims will be cheaper, faster to build and use far less power than data centers connected to the grid.

Founded by former Talen Energy CEO Ralph Alexander and former Microsoft global edge operations head Patrick Yantz, the firm emerged from incubator Montauk Climate with $5M in initial funding from venture capital firms Giant Ventures and Amplo...


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RSK: Well, that might be one answer compared to nuclear reactors. The interesting thing about this is the cooling process of the computers which saves half the amount of energy required so less carbon emissions.

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