Skeleton Technologies从西门子公司获得投资，用于在美国制造面向AI数据中心的储能系统，由此成为该国最新的科技独角兽。
Skeleton Technologies has become the country’s latest tech unicorn after raising investment from Siemens AG to manufacture energy storage systems for AI data centers in the US.
Skeleton首席执行官塔维·马迪贝尔克在接受采访时表示，这笔注资使这家总部位于塔林的公司估值超过10亿美元。该公司表示，这笔于10月完成的投资超过1亿美元，但未披露具体金额。
The cash injection pushed the Tallinn-based firm’s valuation over $1 billion, Skeleton’s chief executive officer, Taavi Madiberk, said in an interview. The investment, which closed in October, was more than $100 million, the company said, without disclosing the exact amount.
德国工业集团西门子的首席技术官彼得·科尔特表示，作为回报，西门子获得了向数据中心客户独家销售Skeleton大功率储能技术的权利，从而扩大其为人工智能基础设施提供的产品。
In return, Siemens secured exclusive rights to sell Skeleton’s high-power energy-storage technology to data-center customers, expanding its offering for artificial-intelligence infrastructure, according to Peter Koerte, chief technology officer at the German industrial conglomerate.
据彭博3月报道，成立于17年前的Skeleton计划明年在美国进行首次公开募股。其技术可让数据中心平抑电力波动并节省能耗。
Founded 17 years ago, Skeleton is targeting an initial public offering in the US next year, Bloomberg reported in March. Its technology allows data centers to smooth out power fluctuations and save on energy consumption.
“我们将向美国扩张和美国制造投入超过2亿美元，从而让欧洲技术继续处于核心位置，”马迪贝尔克周二表示。
“We will invest over $200 million to US expansion and US manufacturing, so keeping the European technology at the heart,” Madiberk said Tuesday.
“我们看到的是，如果电源管理得当、能量没有被白白烧掉，芯片上的算力还可以提升多达40%，”他补充说。该公司正在与美国“所有主要超大规模云服务商”合作，其技术将很快部署到总计1吉瓦的数据中心容量中。
“What we see is that also up to 40% more compute can be had on the chips if the power management is done right and the energy is not burned off,” he added. The company is working with “all major hyperscalers” in the US and its technology will soon be deployed across a gigawatt of data-center capacity.
西门子首席技术官科尔特在接受采访时表示，超大规模云服务商的浓厚兴趣促使西门子深化合作，并帮助开发该技术以向客户销售。
Strong interest from hyperscalers prompted Siemens to deepen the partnership and help develop the technology to sell it to customers, Siemens CTO Koerte said in an interview.
“我们的想法当然是，为客户提供数据中心的端到端解决方案，”他补充说。
“Our idea, of course, is to provide our customers with an end-to-end solution for data centers,” he added.
两家公司此前已在Skeleton位于德国东部莱比锡附近、投资2.2亿欧元（2.46亿美元）的工厂上开展合作，西门子帮助开发了一条自动化生产线，并推动制造环节的数字化。
The two companies already worked together on Skeleton’s €220 million ($246 million) factory near Leipzig in eastern Germany, where Siemens helped develop an automated production line and digitize manufacturing.
“如果一切进展顺利，我们还将有机会进一步大幅扩展业务规模，”科尔特（Koerte）说道，并补充称，为了跟上美国的步伐，欧洲需要在人工智能（AI）基础设施方面增加投资。
“If things really go well, then we’ll also have the opportunity to expand this significantly further,” Koerte said, adding that greater investment in European AI infrastructure is needed to keep pace with the US.
“我们现在并不需要另一个类似 OpenAI 的公司；我们需要的是新一代的人工智能技术，这种技术主要应用于实际应用层面，”科尔特继续说道，“我们必须进一步完善相关基础设施。”
“We don’t need the next OpenAI right now, what we need is the next generation of AI, which will primarily operate at the application level,” Koerte said. “We need to further expand the infrastructure.”
作为德国最具价值的公司之一，西门子（Siemens）为数据中心提供电力和电气设备，并利用其工业软件来模拟数据中心的设计与运行过程。
One of Germany’s most valuable companies, Siemens supplies power and electrical equipment for data centers and uses its industrial software to simulate their design and operation.
爱沙尼亚自诩为人均独角兽企业数量最多的国家：在这个仅有 130 万人口的国家里，有超过 10 家科技公司的估值超过了 10 亿美元。据彭博社（Bloomberg）周二报道，邻国立陶宛最新的独角兽企业也专注于人工智能领域。
Estonia touts itself as a world leader in unicorns per capita, with more than 10 tech companies valued over $1 billion in the country of 1.3 million people. Neighboring Lithuania’s latest tech unicorn is also focused on the AI market, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.