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Nexthop AI wants your GPUs to stop waiting
The company has raised $610 million to build AI networks around a surprisingly accommodating idea: let the customer keep the software, and do the difficult engineering together.
The AI Boom Has a Heat Problem. Vertiv Built the Plumbing.
AI chips get the headlines. Vertiv sells the power, liquid cooling and factory-built infrastructure that determines whether those chips can actually run - and its $15 billion backlog shows how physical the digital boom has become.
Michael Rubiera Built a Data Center Company at Factory Speed
He started with two Ohio machine shops, prototyped a pandemic pivot in his garage, and found his opening inside the data center. Now the interesting part is not just how fast Accelevation grew, but how Rubiera designed the company to move.
Accelevation Bet $50 Million That the AI Boom Needs a Factory Floor
The Ohio manufacturer survived a shutdown-era order collapse, found a wedge in polycarbonate panels and built its way into power, steel and field installation. Its real product is not a door or a cable - it is fewer handoffs on a data-center schedule.
The 91-Year-Old Company That Keeps America's Biggest Job Sites From Drowning
For 91 years, one Houston company has quietly answered a question nobody thinks about until their trench floods: where does all the water go?