Redaptive and Recurve Launch Joint Solution to Accelerate Power Access for AI Data Centers

Redaptive, a Denver-based energy solutions company, and Recurve, a platform specializing in demand flexibility measurement and optimization, have announced a joint offering designed to help data center operators secure faster access to electricity. The solution targets both energy performance improvements within data center facilities and the creation of additional capacity on the surrounding local grid, in coordination with utilities and community stakeholders.

The partnership arrives at a critical moment for the AI economy, as surging electricity demand from data centers has become one of the most significant constraints on industry growth. According to a recent report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), electricity consumption from data centers rose by 17% in 2025. Across the United States, utilities are confronting requests for power that far exceed what existing infrastructure can promptly deliver. While new substations, transmission lines, and other grid upgrades remain essential, such projects often require years to complete.

By focusing on optimizing existing assets rather than waiting for new infrastructure, the Redaptive-Recurve solution offers a faster and more cost-effective path to unlocking power capacity. The approach aims to ease pressure on local grids while helping data center operators reduce delays to AI-driven expansion. "Power is one of the biggest bottlenecks in data center growth right now," said Arvin Vohra, CEO of Redaptive. "Everyone's focused on new power sources, but a lot of the opportunity is already sitting inside the facilities they operate today. By upgrading infrastructure and facilities and adding local grid solutions, you can use what you have, but better. That gets you power faster, and it's a win for everyone."

The joint solution pairs two complementary capabilities. Redaptive identifies, finances, and deploys energy efficiency and distributed generation projects at scale, while Recurve's FLEX platform measures, validates, and forecasts capacity creation. Together, the companies offer data center operators a proven methodology to unlock additional power without relying solely on traditional, long-cycle grid upgrades. Inside data centers, the solution includes cooling optimization, high-efficiency HVAC upgrades, advanced battery storage integration for peak shaving, and energy management systems for real-time performance monitoring. Across the surrounding grid, Redaptive deploys portfolios of energy assets at commercial and industrial sites, including large-scale efficiency retrofits, distributed generation such as solar and combined heat and power, and demand response resources that can be dispatched during peak load.

Recurve's FLEX platform translates these investments into measurable, auditable outcomes that utilities can trust and integrate into their capacity planning. The platform currently supports more than 55 million utility meters across North America. "The AI economy is forcing utilities and data center operators to think differently about capacity," said Ben Mendelson, Chief Commercial Officer of Recurve. "The question is no longer simply where to build new infrastructure. It's how quickly we can create reliable capacity using available assets. Together, Redaptive and Recurve give customers a way to unlock, measure, and validate capacity both inside the data center and across the surrounding grid, so that speed to power without sacrificing utility reliability and affordability."

Industry analysts note that the ability to create verifiable capacity from existing assets could become an increasingly important tool for utilities facing rapid load growth. The solution offers an integrated, end-to-end approach that combines project financing, deployment, and validated capacity measurement under a single point of contact. It prioritizes optimizing current infrastructure over new construction, and its scalable deployment model enables the rollout of project portfolios at the scale required for data center growth. For utilities, the partnership provides a trusted mechanism to address rapid load growth while maintaining grid reliability and affordability.