Emerald AI Raises $150m in Series A Funding to Scale Commercial Deployments
The oversubscribed round brings total funding to more than $220 million as the company expands software that shifts AI workloads when grids are stressed.
- On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, Emerald AI announced it raised $150 million in an oversubscribed Series A round co-led by Energize Capital and DCVC, valuing the company at $1.05 billion.
- Data centers are projected to drive nearly half of U.S. electricity growth through 2030, creating a power bottleneck that Emerald addresses by transforming energy-intensive facilities into grid-responsive assets.
- Emerald's Emerald Conductor platform orchestrates computing workloads to dynamically reduce power draw during grid stress, proven across five commercial demonstrations in Arizona, Illinois, Virginia, Oregon, and London.
- Twelve Fortune Global 500 companies now hold investments in Emerald and sit on its strategic advisory board, signaling strong industry confidence as deployments scale alongside partners including Nvidia and National Grid.
- Later this year, Emerald plans to launch the nearly 100-megawatt Vera Rubin AI Research Factory in Manassas, Virginia, collaborating with Digital Realty and Nvidia to test power-flexible infrastructure at scale.
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Emerald AI Raises $150 Million Series A at $1.05 Billion Valuation to Scale Power-Flexible AI Data Centers
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