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Spain’s Solaria raises €300m to power data centres with solar and battery storage


The Spanish solar developer is betting that co-locating renewable generation with battery storage adjacent to data centres is the answer to AI’s power hunger, and investors are oversubscribed at 6.7x. Europe has a data centre problem. Electricity grids across the continent are struggling to keep pace with the power demands of the AI boom, planning […]



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Bengaluru-based stock trading platform Sahi raised a $33M Series B led by Accel at a $200M valuation to expand into margin trade funding, commodities, and more (The Economic Times)

The Economic Times:
Bengaluru-based stock trading platform Sahi raised a $33M Series B led by Accel at a $200M valuation to expand into margin trade funding, commodities, and more  —  Bengaluru's Sahi, a stock trading platform, has raised $33 million, valuing it at $200 million.

The European Commission issues preliminary DSA findings against Meta, saying Instagram and Facebook fail to prevent under-13 users from accessing the services (Gian Volpicelli/Bloomberg)

Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg:
The European Commission issues preliminary DSA findings against Meta, saying Instagram and Facebook fail to prevent under-13 users from accessing the services  —  The European Union's executive arm accused Meta Platforms Inc. of failing to keep young children off its services, ramping up a probe that could result in hefty fines.

All3 raises $25m to automate construction with legged robots and AI design software


The London-founded startup wants to replace the entire construction value chain, from architect’s brief to move-in-ready building, using AI and a purpose-built on-site robot called the Mantis. Construction is the world’s largest industry by value and one of its least automated. A typical building project today involves roughly the same sequence of hand-offs, on-site labour, […]



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Poll: 31% of US adults expect driverless cars to be common within five years, up from 19% in 2018, and 19% say they would own or lease one, the same as in 2018 (Mary Page James/Gallup)

Mary Page James / Gallup:
Poll: 31% of US adults expect driverless cars to be common within five years, up from 19% in 2018, and 19% say they would own or lease one, the same as in 2018  —  About three in 10 Americans expect driverless cars to be common within five years, while 19% say they would own or lease one