# Cisco Purpose

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## 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.

## How Cisco and Jagriti are unlocking digital potential in Purvanchal

DevFeed: [How Cisco and Jagriti are unlocking digital potential in Purvanchal](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-cisco-and-jagriti-are-unlocking-digital-potential-in-purvanchal-10938.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blogs.cisco.com/our-corporate-purpose/how-cisco-and-jagriti-are-unlocking-digital-potential-in-purvanchal>)

Author: Rohini Kamath

Published: 2026-09-09T20:22:55Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Cisco](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cisco.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [cisco](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cisco.md>), [cisco-purpose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cisco-purpose.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [entrepreneurship](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/entrepreneurship.md>), [india](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/india.md>), [our-corporate-purpose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/our-corporate-purpose.md>), [social-impact-and-inclusion](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/social-impact-and-inclusion.md>), [social-impact-and-inclusion-office](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/social-impact-and-inclusion-office.md>), [social-impact-investments](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/social-impact-investments.md>), [technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology.md>)

### AI overview

Cisco describes its partnership with Jagriti to support the Tech Shakti Shri program, which helps rural women in Purvanchal, Uttar Pradesh, develop digital and entrepreneurial skills. The article highlights Seema Gupta, an agricultural drone operator, and the program's initial awareness and training phases.

### Source excerpt

In one of India's least industrialized regions, we're helping rural women access the digital tools they need to build real enterprises -- and the ripple effects are opening pathways to economic mobility for entire communities.