Fast Company has recognized Torus in its 2026 Next Big Things in Tech awards in the Energy and Sustainability category. Torus is one of three companies honored as a Mid-Market Maverick, a distinction for companies with 100 to 499 employees.
Torus builds energy storage systems that can help boost grid capacity and more smoothly address sudden shifts in demand. Fast Company recognized Torus for helping utilities manage those fast-moving loads. Torus systems pair a fast-responding flywheel with lithium iron phosphate battery storage, so they respond to grid needs in milliseconds.
Torus systems sit at the point of demand, between high-demand sites and the grid, shaping load where it happens. They control how much power those sites pull from the grid, and when, easing congestion on distribution and sub-transmission lines and freeing up capacity for utilities. Storage, software, cybersecurity, and 24/7 monitoring work as one unified system that Torus designs, engineers, builds, and maintains.
Fast Company also pointed to Torus’s 2025 progress, including helping utilities respond to more than 360 demand response events and opening GigaOne, a 545,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Salt Lake City.
Read Fast Company’s full Next Big Things in Tech 2026 Mid-Market Mavericks list.
About Torus
Torus designs, engineers, and manufactures distributed mesh energy infrastructure that delivers reliable power, reduces costs, improves resilience, and supports surging demand fueled by electrification and AI-driven load growth. Its full-stack technology integrates battery and inertial-based storage, AI-powered management, cybersecurity, and long-term operations and maintenance for utilities, data centers, manufacturers, and commercial and industrial facilities. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Torus has earned a TIME Best Invention award, a 2026 Energy Storage award from Reuters, and a 2025 R&D 100 Award for innovation. Learn more at torus.co.
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