# Powering the AI era: How wave energy can complement a 24/7 energy mix

DevFeed: [Powering the AI era: How wave energy can complement a 24/7 energy mix](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/powering-the-ai-era-how-wave-energy-can-complement-a-24-7-energy-mix-10939.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blogs.cisco.com/our-corporate-purpose/powering-the-ai-era-how-wave-energy-can-complement-a-24-7-energy-mix>)

Author: Elias Habbar-Baylac

Published: 2026-09-10T15:20:22Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Cisco Blogs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/cisco-blogs.md>)

Topics: [AI Infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-infrastructure.md>), [data centers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-centers.md>), [datacenter](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datacenter.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-infrastructure.md>), [chief-sustainability-office](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chief-sustainability-office.md>), [cisco-purpose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cisco-purpose.md>), [data-center](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-center.md>), [data-centers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-centers.md>), [energy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/energy.md>), [environmental-sustainability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/environmental-sustainability.md>), [generation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generation.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [megawatt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/megawatt.md>), [our-corporate-purpose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/our-corporate-purpose.md>), [sustainability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sustainability.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how wave energy could complement solar, wind, and batteries in meeting the continuous electricity needs of AI-era data centers. It discusses a modeled 100 MW flat-load data center and energy portfolios evaluated for cost, reliability, emissions, and round-the-clock availability.

## Source excerpt

CorPower Ocean, a Cisco Investments portfolio company, has explored how wave energy technology could complement other sources for 24/7 energy needs.