US DOE funds 12 Genesis Mission projects with $159M; cloud providers join

The US Department of Energy awarded $159 million to 12 Phase II projects under its Genesis Mission, spanning AI-driven fusion digital twins, chip design for extreme environments, and quantum error correction. AWS and Crusoe each pledged $50 million in compute credits, while Microsoft and Google previously committed $40 million each.

• DOE awarded $159M to 12 Phase II projects, 14 selected in total
• AWS and Crusoe each pledged $50M in AI compute credits
• Microsoft and Google previously offered $40M in cloud credits each
• ORNL will provide supercomputing capacity for six projects