# TechCrunch — Google, Nvidia, and Anthropic want Emerald AI to find space on the grid for more data centers

- Company: TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
- Announced: 2026-09-17T13:38:33+00:00
- Category: partnership-acquisition
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- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/17/google-nvidia-and-anthropic-want-emerald-ai-to-find-space-on-the-grid-for-more-data-centers/
- Record: https://forck.live/items/11719-google-nvidia-and-anthropic-want-emerald-ai-to-find-space-on-the-grid-for-more
- Subject: Reporting

Emerald AI formed the AI Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) with Google, Nvidia, and Anthropic, along with several utilities, to use demand response technology to free up grid capacity for more data centers. The coalition claims that pausing noncritical tasks and shifting compute loads could allow an additional 100 gigawatts of data centers to connect to the grid. Emerald AI's software coordinates requests from utilities with data centers to reduce electricity use temporarily.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/17/google-nvidia-and-anthropic-want-emerald-ai-to-find-space-on-the-grid-for-more-data-centers/:

> Pausing noncritical tasks and shifting some compute loads, AEMA says, could allow an additional 100 gigawatts of data centers to connect to the grid.

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