🌊💾 $100B AI Data Center Wave

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With the end of February 2026, Physical AI consolidates around foundational platforms, as Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs raises $1 billion for 3D spatial intelligence world models and Cadence closes its $2.7 billion acquisition of Hexagon’s Design & Engineering unit to build a full-stack simulation suite. Data center buildout accelerates alongside power resilience, as Adani Group commits $100 billion to renewable-powered, AI-ready data centers and Yondr Group raises $532 million through its inaugural green ABS to expand its London campus.

Mobility scales more quietly but meaningfully, with Kavak securing $300 million to grow its online used-car marketplace across Latin America and Zadar Labs acquiring Fusionride to expand its automotive perception footprint. Energy transition infrastructure steps up in parallel, led by Heron Power’s $140 million raise for solid-state grid transformers and Octopus Energy’s nearly $1 billion commitment to California solar, storage, and carbon removal.

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Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs Raises $1B to Advance 3D Spatial Intelligence

World Labs raises $1 billion to push 3D “spatial intelligence” world models and launches Marble, a tool that turns images or text into coherent 3D environments for robots, design, and science.
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Cadence Acquires Hexagon’s Design & Engineering Business
 for €2.7B ($3.1B)
Cadence closes a €2.7 billion deal for Hexagon’s Design & Engineering arm, fusing MSC’s simulation stack with its own multiphysics tools to build a full-stack Physical AI simulation platform.
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Mecademic Raises $21M CAD ($15.3M USD) for Industrial Robot Expansion

Mecademic secures $21 million CAD to scale its ultra-compact industrial robots globally, targeting high-precision micro-automation for electronics, optics, medtech, and biotech giants like SpaceX and NASA.
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Emerald Technology Ventures & DIC Corporation Launch €52M ($62M) Physical AI Investment Platform

Emerald and DIC launch a €52 million fund to back Physical AI startups in sensing, wearables, robotics, and automation across Europe and North America over the next five years.
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Stanhope AI Raises $8M Seed for Brain-Inspired Autonomous Systems

Stanhope AI lands an $8 million seed to build a brain-inspired “Real World Model” for autonomous robots, drones, and industrial systems. (Read more)

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Scale Acquires Reload to Accelerate Data Center Power Delivery

Scale buys Reload to speed up siting, design, permitting, and on-site power for gigawatt-scale data center campuses.
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Emerald AI Raises $25M Seed Extension for Data Center Energy Software

Emerald AI is raising a $25 million seed extension at a ~$250 million valuation to cut data center energy use and ease grid strain with AI-driven optimization.
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Adani Group Pledges $100B for AI Data Centers By 2035

Adani commits $100 billion to build up to 5 GW of renewable-powered, AI-ready hyperscale data centers in India, with Google and Microsoft already on board as partners.
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Generac Acquires Enercon Engineering to Expand Data Center Capabilities

Generac moves deeper into hyperscale and enterprise data centers by acquiring Enercon, a specialist in generator enclosures and switchgear for mission-critical power.
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Yondr Group Secures £532M ($717M) Green ABS to Scale London Data
Center Campus

Yondr taps public markets with a £532 million green ABS deal backed by its 100+ MW Slough data center campus, using sustainable finance to scale capacity near London. (Read more)

Kavak Raises $300M to Scale Used-Car Marketplace In Latin America

Kavak scores a $300 million Series F led by a16z (putting in $200 million) to expand its tech-driven used-car marketplace across Latin America.
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Metafuels Raises $24M Series A for Synthetic Aviation Fuels

Metafuels pulls in a $24 million Series A to scale methanol-to-jet synthetic SAF, targeting demo production in Switzerland and a commercial plant at the Port of Rotterdam.
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Zadar Labs Buys Fusionride to Deepen Automotive Perception Capabilities

Zadar Labs acquires Shanghai-based Fusionride to marry 4D imaging radar with high-volume automotive and robotics perception manufacturing.
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Statiq Raises $18M to Expand Indian EV Charging Network

Statiq secures $18 million to grow its EV charging network across India, targeting faster rollout of public charging infrastructure. (Read more)

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Heron Power Raises $140M to Build Solid-State Grid Transformers

Heron Power, founded by ex-Tesla exec Drew Baglino, raises $140 million to build a 40 GW U.S. factory for solid-state transformers that streamline how renewables and data centers plug into the grid.
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Octopus Energy Commits $1B to California Solar, Storage, Carbon Removal

Octopus Energy Generation commits nearly $1 billion into California clean tech, spanning a large solar-plus-storage project, industrial heat batteries, and two carbon removal startups as part of a $2 billion U.S. transition push by 2030.

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Utility Global Secures $100M to Deploy Industrial Hydrogen H2Gen Technology

Utility Global closes $100 million in Series D funding to roll out its H2Gen systems that turn industrial off-gases into clean hydrogen and high-purity CO₂ without using electricity.
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FYLD Raises $41M to Expand AI For Field Operations

FYLD raises $41 million Series B after 82% YoY growth to bring AI “frontline intelligence” to infrastructure, energy, and utilities field teams. (Read more)