Utilidata Rebrands as Karman as AI Data Centers Become the Frontline of the Power Grid

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    "title": "Utilidata Rebrands as Karman as AI Data Centers Become the Frontline of the Power Grid",
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    "excerpt": "Ann Arbor, MI, Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Utilidata, a leader in embedded AI for power infrastructure, announced today its rebranding to Karman , adopting the name of its power orchestration platform as the identity for the company as a whole. The new name reflects how the company has evolved to meet the needs of AI data centers. The Karman platform, powered by a custom NVIDIA module, was first launched to unlock the stranded value of distributed energy resources and enhance grid resiliency. Over the past year, the same technology has found its most urgent application inside data centers where power availability has become the binding constraint on growth and concern for power providers. “Our mission from day one has been to bring more intelligence and control to critical power infrastructure, and right now where our work is needed the most is in data centers,” said Josh Brumberger, CEO of Karman. “AI demand is easily the most pressing energy challenge. This name change reflects how our technology has adapted to meet that need.” The Karman platform combines high-resolution metrology with local processing and AI and increases AI tokens per watt by 50% or more for AI data centers. Karman is embedded directly into power infrastructure to monitor power conditions in real-time, delivering unprecedented levels of visibility and control to unlock stranded power capacity and...",
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