AI Data Center Boom Drives Redwood Materials' Energy Storage Business Growth
Published 2026-02-19Ingested 2026-02-25AI Infrastructure and ComputeMedium
Summary
Redwood Materials, the battery recycling and materials company founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, reports that its energy storage business has become the fastest-growing unit within the company, driven largely by demand from AI data center developers. The company highlights that data center operators face five-plus year wait times for grid connections, creating urgent demand for alternative energy storage solutions to power new facilities amid the intensifying AI infrastructure race. Redw
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