William Layden
Co-founder and CEO of Rune, a company building modular, behind-the-meter DC micro data centers that plug directly into solar and wind plants to convert stranded renewable energy into compute.
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Feb 17, 2026 • 39min
Turning Wasted Renewable Power into AI Compute with Rune
William Layden, Co-founder and CEO of Rune, builds modular DC micro data centers that plug into solar and wind to turn stranded clean power into compute. He explains solar clipping and curtailment, why DC-to-DC architecture matters, starting with Bitcoin as a beachhead, and how modular units can rapidly deploy AI-scale compute at renewable sites.
