Voltus raises $225M to turn homes and batteries into power for data centres
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Turning distributed homes and businesses into dispatchable capacity is a direct response to AI data center load growth — $225M at Series D says virtual power plants are moving from pilot to grid asset. If you're planning large compute builds, you now need a VPP strategy alongside PPAs and on-site generation.
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