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Future on Europa Now: AI, climate tech and the long bets that will decide what Europe builds next.

AI
OpenAI's Grid Protectors Program aims to ease data centre strain on power networks
OpenAI has unveiled a nationwide initiative requiring its future computing facilities to reduce electricity consumption during peak demand periods, starting with a pilot campus in Georgia.

AI
SpaceX expands Memphis AI complex with two new facilities as legal battle over power source continues
Elon Musk announced that Colossus 2, the AI computing hub in Memphis, will add two new sites by year-end, even as an NAACP lawsuit over the facility's gas turbine power supply moves forward.

AI
Freezer sabotage spreads across Nordic and European supermarkets in suspected coordinated attacks
Refrigeration systems at grocery chains across Sweden, Belgium, Ireland and beyond have been deliberately heated to dangerous temperatures, destroying stock and prompting investigations by national cybersecurity authorities.

AI
Pension funds unlock venture capital for UK deep tech through new growth fund
Scottish Widows, Aberdeen Investments and IP Group are channelling retirement savings into four British innovators working on quantum computing, batteries and genomics, bridging a critical funding gap for scaling scientific breakthroughs.

AI
Deutsche Bank sees buying opportunity in battered US tech stocks after $2tn Nasdaq decline
The German bank has reversed its cautious stance on technology shares, signalling that recent losses have created an attractive entry point for investors.

AI
ADNOC Deploys OpenAI Frontier Agents Across Oil Operations in Landmark UAE Deal
Abu Dhabi's state energy firm becomes the first in its sector to adopt OpenAI's agent platform, combining frontier AI with local infrastructure and industrial expertise.

Climate Tech
Stockholm's Sortrace secures $800K to scale AI waste-sorting vision system across Europe
The Swedish startup has raised funding to expand its computer vision platform, which analyzes household waste at collection points to help municipalities understand sorting failures and boost recycling outcomes.

Climate Tech
GAC's Battery Arm Inpow Launches Thai Manufacturing Hub
Chinese automaker GAC Group's battery subsidiary Inpow has begun operations at its first production facility outside China, located in Thailand's Chonburi province.