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Investment managers who back green technology companies are preparing to increase their investments this year, guided by clearer rules and lower borrowing costs, even as they face higher standards for where to put their dollars. Trump’s policy decisions, the growth of artificial intelligence, and the spread of electric systems, all forces that shaped where money went in 2025, will continue to influence investment choices this year. Companies seeking funding will need to show they can make money, not just reduce carbon pollution. Where investors see opportunity Most investors agree that companies that serve data center energy needs look like good bets, despite worries about an AI bubble. This includes startups working on new types of underground heat power, companies developing renewable energy projects, and software makers improving energy efficiency. Energy use at US data centers is expected to jump 130% by 2030 compared to 2024 levels, according to the International Energy Agency. Even if only half of that predicted growth happens, it remains a “huge opportunity,” said Rajesh Swaminathan, a partner at Khosla Ventures. There’s another reason to feel positive: growing chances to buy clean energy companies whose values have dropped, according to Hans Kobler, who founded and runs Energy Impact Partners.  Investors also can’t get enough of companies working on power grid technology. The Nasdaq’s main grid index beat other major stock measures with nearly 30% gains in 2025. But even after such a strong performance, investors say they want more grid tech stocks. US grid investment hit $115 billion, about a quarter of the worldwide total, last year, and that number should climb to more than $128 billion over the next two years, according to BNEF.  There will also be “more appetite” for funding projects that help communities prepare for disasters as climate change makes severe weather worse,…

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