On 1 September 2026 Gridsight announced a $26 million Series B led by Insight Partners for software that reveals available utility grid capacity to help site data centers and other large loads. The raise lands as US electricity demand from AI infrastructure strains local grids.
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Gridsight raises $26M to expose grid capacity for data-center siting
Why this matters for founders
Founders planning compute-heavy facilities or energy/proptech products can use grid-capacity intelligence to pick locations with real headroom, avoiding multi-year interconnection delays.
Source: Tech Startups
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