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Austin-based ICON awarded $57.2 million NASA contract for lunar construction tech

TechCrunch

ICON , a construction tech company that’s raised more than $400 million in funding, has landed a new contract from NASA to develop new systems to build on the moon and Mars. Habitats aren’t the only thing on the company’s radar: it’s also eyeing up landing pads and other infrastructure to support sustained lunar exploration.

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Topi raises $45M to power hardware subscriptions for B2B merchants

TechCrunch

A new company is looking to do for B2B hardware sales what a growing number of companies have been doing in the consumer sphere, by making it easier for businesses to pay for equipment in instalments through rentals and subscriptions. Hardware-as-a-service. million in funding to do something similar for B2B transactions.

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Getting Started With Cloud Sustainability

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Cloud Sustainability is an important topic. This is not without a reason, since sustainability is key in preserving our planet. The combined world of sustainability and cloud is getting more and more traction. no hardware to write off). Align SLA with Cloud Sustainability goals More performance always feels better.

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5 Sustainability concepts driving the data center of the future

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We believe investing in sustainable data center technologies isn’t just the right thing to do for the future of our planet; it can also be a key source of business value for our customers today. Download Analyst Report At Equinix, we’re proud of the progress we’ve made toward our sustainability goals, but we know there’s much more to be done.

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EU moves toward regulating data center energy and water use

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If they have a data center in India, maybe these reporting requirements do not apply to them, but many of the sustainability requirements that the EU is adopting may have an impact on data centers in India,” he says. A major priority for the EU’s reporting requirements is to create a ratings system for the sustainability of data centers.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Construction tech survey, founder-CEO friction, diversify your cap table

TechCrunch

The technological advances we’ve made over the last few thousand years are stunning, but the construction industry still relies on centuries-old technology. Even so, investors are backing startups bringing robotics, data management, automation and augmented reality into the construction process. Heinrich Gröller, partner, Speedinvest.

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We’re disrupting TechCrunch Disrupt: 8 stages, 3 days, 1 city

TechCrunch

Sustainability Stage: Tackles social and environmental solutions such as urban mobility, sustainable tech, green infrastructure, and new mobilities. AI Stage: Covers the latest artificial intelligence tech related to NLG, speech recognition, virtual agents, biometrics, RPA, deep learning platforms, reactive machines, and P2P networks.

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