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Eliakim Capital Welcomes Rich Washburn as Managing Partner and Chief AI Officer
Eliakim Capital is pleased to announce that Rich Washburn has joined the firm as Managing Partner and Chief AI Officer . Rich’s addition marks an important step forward for Eliakim Capital as the firm continues to scale its work at the intersection of artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, power infrastructure, and capital formation. His role reflects the firm’s conviction that AI and systems architecture must be represented at the highest level of leadership.
Todd Colpron
59 minutes ago2 min read


Nuclear Power and the AI Infrastructure Race
Why Microreactors Are Back — and Why NANO Nuclear Is First in Focus Artificial intelligence is no longer constrained by algorithms or silicon alone. It is increasingly constrained by power—and more specifically, by the kind of power that can operate continuously, predictably, and at scale. As AI systems grow in complexity and ambition, they are placing unprecedented demands on physical infrastructure. Training and operating frontier models requires electricity that behaves le
Todd Colpron
2 hours ago5 min read


Insights from the Inaugural Data Center POWER eXchange Summit : Bridging the Power & Digital Infrastructure Divide
Executive Summary POWER’s inaugural Data Center POWER eXchange (DPX) Summit convened utilities, hyperscalers, regulators, financiers, and developers to address the accelerating collision between data center demand growth and grid capacity. AI-driven load expansion is materially outpacing grid planning, permitting, and build-out timelines—raising reliability, cost, and political risks. Former federal energy regulators and utility CEOs highlighted a dual challenge: maintaining
Todd Colpron
24 hours ago3 min read


Speed-to-Power as Competitive Advantage: What Emergency Energy Deployments Reveal About the Future of AI Infrastructure
When a power system fails during a natural disaster, there is no luxury of long planning cycles, regulatory indecision, or theoretical optimization. Hospitals need electricity. Communications must come back online. Water systems, logistics hubs, and emergency command centers cannot wait for utility upgrades or multiyear grid studies. In those moments, power is deployed the only way that matters: fast, reliable, and sufficient to meet real demand. What is becoming increasingly
Todd Colpron
2 days ago4 min read
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