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  1. FUNDINGCrunchbase: The Week's 10 Biggest Funding Rounds, Led by Joulent's $1.75B Energy Raise→
  2. FUNDINGNational Grid Invests $1.75B in Joulent to Power US AI Data Centers→

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FUNDING$1.75B lead deal (Joulent)

Crunchbase: The Week's 10 Biggest Funding Rounds, Led by Joulent's $1.75B Energy Raise

Crunchbase News' roundup of the week's 10 biggest funding rounds (June 27-July 2) was led by Houston-based energy infrastructure provider Joulent's $1.75 billion raise from National Grid Ventures, aimed squarely at AI and compute-intensive industries' power needs. Together AI's $800M Series C and Venice AI's $65M unicorn round both placed inside the top 10, alongside biotech, legal-tech, sports and video-AI rounds spanning a genuinely broad set of categories beyond pure frontier-model AI.

Jul 2, 2026
FUNDING$1.75B strategic investment

National Grid Invests $1.75B in Joulent to Power US AI Data Centers

National Grid Ventures is investing $1.75 billion for a 35% stake in Joulent, a US platform building contracted power generation and high-voltage infrastructure for data centers, valuing the company at roughly $5 billion and funding a 2.67GW Texas facility.

Jul 1, 2026