Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Google inks $3B deal to buy hydropower from Brookfield

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Welcome to TechCrunch AM! This morning, we've got notes on Google spending billions to secure power for its data centers; Tesla's long-awaited entry into India; and xAI claiming it's "fixed" Grok's issues. There's also a bunch of stories fresh off the presses, so let's get reading!

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1. Google inks $3B deal to buy hydropower from Brookfield: Google will pay more than $3 billion to source carbon-free hydropower from Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners' plants in Pennsylvania. Read More

2. Tesla finally enters India — nine years after Elon Musk first teased its debut: Tesla has made its long-awaited entry into India with the opening of its first showroom in Mumbai. Read More

3. xAI says it has fixed Grok 4's problematic responses: xAI says it fixed the issue with Grok 4 where the model said its surname was "mechahitler." Read More

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Morning Must-Reads

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Meta using actual tents to build data centers: Meta and Mark Zuckerberg are in a hurry to build their superintelligence tech. In fact, Meta is so eager to boost its computing power that it's literally erecting tents for temporary data center capacity while its facilities are still under construction. Read More

Amogy raises $80M to power ships and data centers with ammonia: Amogy's technology generates power from ammonia without pollution, making it a prime candidate for decarbonizing maritime shipping. Read More

Rivian CEO's voting control slips following divorce settlement : Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe has transferred a portion of his ownership stake and voting power as part of a newly-settled divorce proceeding, according to a regulatory filing. Read More

ParadeDB takes on Elasticsearch: Open source database management system Postgres is nearly 40 years old, but has recently started seeing explosive demand due to being very well-suited for AI applications. Despite this rise in popularity, search and analytics functionality remain limited. ParadeDB is changing that. Read More

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DOGE staffer with access to Americans' personal data leaked private xAI API key: The researcher who found the exposed key said it "raises questions" about how DOGE handles sensitive data. Read More