# Emerald AI Raises $150M Series A at $1.05B Valuation for Power-Flexible Data Centers

> Emerald AI has raised a $150M Series A at a $1.05B valuation to tackle one of the AI boom's hardest bottlenecks: power. The round was co-led by Energize Capital and DCVC and drew a striking roster of strategic backers, including NVIDIA, Samsung, and Siemens, alongside a dozen Fortune Global 500 investors. The company's core idea is to make data centers flexible citizens of the electric grid rather than fixed drains on it. Its Emerald Conductor software dynamically dials data center power consumption up and down when the grid is stressed, the company says, without compromising the AI workloads running inside. That turns compute into a grid asset that can ease pressure during peak demand. The timing is pointed. Utilities and regulators are increasingly worried that AI data centers will outpace available power, and Emerald's pitch is that flexibility, not just more generation, can help. Its Vera Rubin AI Research Factory in Manassas, Virginia, a nearly 100MW power-flexible facility built with Digital Realty and NVIDIA, is due to launch later this year.

_Section: [AI Funding Tracker](https://www.wortins.com/funding) · Source: VentureBeat · Published Friday, September 4, 2026_

## Wortins' read

Emerald AI has raised a $150M Series A at a $1.05B valuation to tackle one of the AI boom's hardest bottlenecks: power. The round was co-led by Energize Capital and DCVC and drew a striking roster of strategic backers, including NVIDIA, Samsung, and Siemens, alongside a dozen Fortune Global 500 investors. The company's core idea is to make data centers flexible citizens of the electric grid rather than fixed drains on it. Its Emerald Conductor software dynamically dials data center power consumption up and down when the grid is stressed, the company says, without compromising the AI workloads running inside. That turns compute into a grid asset that can ease pressure during peak demand. The timing is pointed. Utilities and regulators are increasingly worried that AI data centers will outpace available power, and Emerald's pitch is that flexibility, not just more generation, can help. Its Vera Rubin AI Research Factory in Manassas, Virginia, a nearly 100MW power-flexible facility built with Digital Realty and NVIDIA, is due to launch later this year.

## Source

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