Airloom to show compact loop-style wind towers at CES

Concerns about the energy demands of growing AI data centers have highlighted the need for more power options. Wind specialist Airloom is pitching a different approach ahead of its CES appearance.

Instead of tall, conventional turbines, Airloom’s structures stand 20 to 30 meters high and use a loop of adjustable wings that move along a track, a design the company says is akin to a roller coaster. As the wings move they generate power in the same way turbine blades do.

Airloom claims its towers use 40 percent less mass than traditional designs, require 42 percent fewer parts and 96 percent fewer unique parts. The company also says its approach is 85 percent faster to deploy and 47 percent less expensive than horizontal axis wind turbines. Airloom broke ground on a pilot site in June to test the technology and verify those figures.

Airloom will have a booth at CES with materials about the engineering and design. The company is not consumer-facing, but says the work could help supply power if the data center boom continues.

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