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Torus raises $500M for AI compute units powered by spare grid energy

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Torus, an energy storage company based in Salt Lake City, has secured $500 million in Series C funding. The round was led by Magnetar, with participation from ICONIQ, Origin Ventures, Ridgeline, and Trinity Capital. This funding will support the launch of Foundry, a new product line of prefabricated units designed to provide AI compute power to existing factory locations by utilizing spare grid energy. AI

IMPACT Accelerates deployment of AI compute by leveraging existing infrastructure and spare energy.

RANK_REASON Significant funding round for an AI infrastructure product. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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Torus raises $500M for AI compute units powered by spare grid energy

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    Salt Lake City energy storage maker Torus has raised 500M USD in a Series C led by Magnetar, with ICONIQ, Origin Ventures, Ridgeline and Trinity Capital joining

    Salt Lake City energy storage maker Torus has raised 500M USD in a Series C led by Magnetar, with ICONIQ, Origin Ventures, Ridgeline and Trinity Capital joining, to launch Foundry, prefabricated units bringing AI compute to existing factory sites on spare grid power. Each site sp…

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