A 600-mile road trip (and data) proves EV charging doesnβt suck anymore TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 18 July 2026 at 15:32 A recent road trip in an EV revealed just how much faster and more reliable DC Fast charging has become in the U.S.
Googleβs biggest clean power project is 40 miles north of xAIβs unpermitted gas power plant TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 15 July 2026 at 18:39 Google's biggest solar and battery project stands in sharp contrast with xAI's nearby unpermitted power plant.
Microsoft and Chevron plan one of the largest gas-powered data center projects in US TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 22 June 2026 at 21:37 Microsoft inked a 20-year power purchase agreement with Chevron, locking in decades of carbon emissions from a new natural gas power plant.
Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 19 June 2026 at 17:50 Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.Β
AI data centers just got a government-mandated fast lane to the grid TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 18 June 2026 at 18:49 FERC told grid operators to give data centers a fast lane for interconnections, but it failed to address electricity supply shortages.
Anthropic becomes first AI startup to join the Frontier carbon removal coalition TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 17 June 2026 at 19:30 Anthropic has joined the Frontier coalition, which received another $915M in pledges to fund carbon removal projects.
SpaceX alum nabs $22M to turn rocket engines into geothermal power plants TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 17 June 2026 at 14:30 Critical Energy is turning rocket engines into geothermal power plants, and it wants to build 300 GW per year by 2045.
DOJ claims xAIβs unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of βnational, economic, and energy securityβ TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 16 June 2026 at 16:05 The Justice department says the Pentagon needs xAI to keep using its unpermitted gas turbines.
This startupβs super metals could soon be in military drones, luxury watches, and chefβs knives TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 16 June 2026 at 12:25 Instead of heating metals, Foundation Alloy beats them into submission. The startup has raised $22 million to scale up production of its alloys.
Endurance Energy raises $54M to harness a massive untapped energy source TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 11 June 2026 at 15:00 SpaceX alumni Andrew Redd is betting the ocean has vast amounts of untapped geothermal energy.
Everyone wants a piece of Teslaβs battery business TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 10 June 2026 at 21:21 Electricity demand from AI data centers is pushing everyone β including automakers like GM and Ford β into the energy storage business.
Avalancheβs desktop fusion reactor delivers blistering-hot plasma TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 10 June 2026 at 13:15 Fusion power startup Avalanche Energy said its reactor prototype heated a plasma to over 10 million degrees Celsius.
Why 2 SpaceX alumni are betting on solar and batteries to power the AI craze TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 10 June 2026 at 13:00 Ambrosia Energy wants to build power plants in less than 12 months while undercutting natural gas. It hopes to build gigawatts' worth by 2030.
GM joins race to build batteries for AI data centers and the grid TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 9 June 2026 at 22:00 GM is developing an entirely new sodium-ion battery chemistry for use in everything from data centers to its own factories.