Wave energy developer Eco Wave Power has tapped Nvidia to utilize its Omniverse platform to build digital twins of its floating infrastructure, simulating wave conditions and deployment scenarios before deploying physical infrastructure.The Tel-Aviv-based firm is a member of Nvidia’s Inception program for startups, which it joined last month. The company’s wave power solution works by attaching floaters to existing coastal structures, such as breakwaters and seawalls, to capture wave energy. It keeps its hydraulic conversion equipment onshore to ensure that the hardware is not exposed to storm damage, sidestepping an issue that has plagued previous attempts at wave power.The company has also integrated Nvidia’s accelerated computing within its operational layer for predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, and environmental forecasting, with AI models analyzing ocean conditions and equipment performance in real time.The company currently operates sites in Jaffa Port in Israel and the Port of Los Angeles. At its Los Angeles location, it is running a pilot to test whether its wave power solution can solely power a data center, with AI software scheduling compute workloads around predicted wave strength."We have a possibility to link AI factories directly to wave energy, because a lot of data centers are moving toward the coast," said Inna Braverman, cofounder and CEO. "They need cooling and water, so they're now located in ports."Braverman argues that wave energy is better suited to baseload generation than solar or wind. "Wave energy is the least intermittent source of renewable energy," she said. "Solar energy - for example - is great, but you have night, winter, cloud coverage, and pollution that all impact production. With wave energy, you can generate around the clock."The company claims that the density of seawater allows wave devices to generate more energy at a smaller physical scale than wind turbines. Estimates from the US Energy Information Administration project that, if scaled, wave power could meet more than 60 percent of the US’ annual electricity demand."We exist, we work, we're grid connected, and we have so much of this resource," Braverman said. "The energy is needed now, so I think we're in the right place at the right time, and we're innovative, but we're not futuristic, and that's what sets us apart."Founded in 2011, Eco Wave is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. In addition to its operational projects, the company is also advancing projects in Portugal, Taiwan, and India.