Data center demand drives 66% surge in natural gas power plant costs TechCrunch By:Tim De Chant 27 April 2026 at 19:27 Natural gas power plant costs have nearly doubled in two years and take 23% longer to build as data center electricity demand skyrockets.
The climate tech IPO window could finally be cracking open TechCrunch By:Tim De Chant 25 April 2026 at 20:33 Nuclear startup X-energy went public, geothermal startup Fervo is about to. Could this be the moment that climate tech investors have been waiting for?
X-energy stock pops 27% on first day of trading following upsized IPO TechCrunch By:Tim De Chant 25 April 2026 at 00:10 Investors flocked to nuclear power startup X-energy in its first day of public trading on the Nasdaq.
Nuclear startup X-energy raises $1B in data center-driven IPO TechCrunch By:Tim De Chant 24 April 2026 at 19:06 Amazon-backed X-energy was able to raise around 20% more money in its IPO as demand for nuclear power surges.