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On April 9, mHUB and Current came together for the Water Tech Demo Day, a showcase of the seven cohort teams driving smart and sustainable water solutions emerging from the Sustainable Water Tech Accelerator. Before an audience of industry leaders, investors, and sustainable manufacturing innovators, these startups demonstrated how far they've come and where they're headed.

Hardware teams don’t struggle because of a lack of innovation. They struggle because the systems supporting that innovation can’t keep up.

As products become more complex and development cycles accelerate, the tools and workflows used to build hardware are increasingly becoming a constraint. What begins as a fast-moving prototyping phase often slows under the weight of fragmented systems, unclear processes, and inconsistent data. What once felt like flexibility becomes friction.

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The Evolution of the Global Water Sector: From Centralized Wastewater Treatment Plants to Distributed Systems

Across the global water sector, water utilities, municipal water systems, and industrial operators are rethinking how water distribution, wastewater management, and treatment facilities operate

 

Celebrating Innovation and Leadership at the 9th Annual Fourth Revolution Awards

On March 5, mHUB hosted the 9th annual Fourth Revolution Awards, honoring the innovators, entrepreneurs, and manufacturers driving the technologies and businesses that define the future of industry. This premier event celebrated the bold ideas and hardtech breakthroughs fueling economic growth and shaping a more sustainable, connected, and advanced world.

2026 Fourth Revolution Award Winners Judged…

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Celebrating new members and major milestones at the first Tiles & Toasts of 2026

Each quarter, mHUB brings its community together to recognize the founders, partners, and teams advancing hardtech innovation. Through the addition of new logo tiles on the mHUB Member Wall and a celebratory toast, Tiles & Toast honors the tangible progress happening across the ecosystem — from new memberships to major capital milestones. 

Originally published on Fast Company, this article by mHUB CEO Haven Allen appears here in full

AI’s explosive growth depends on a backbone of vast energy-hungry, water intensive data centers, costing hundreds of billions of dollars in resources. The challenge—and opportunity—of the moment is ensuring this infrastructure scales without hollowing out long-term value.

Across the U.S., states are racing to attract data center facilities with lucrative incentives. The promise is economic…