A company seeking to build the United States' largest mine for potash in Osceola County is partnering with another company to use its mined minerals for another high-demand product: industrial batteries to fuel AI data centers and their massive power needs.

Michigan Potash & Salt Co. LLC announced a memorandum of understanding with Austin, Texas-based startup Group1 Inc., which is developing a potassium-ion battery that it says will be safer than ubiquitous lithium-ion batteries and will help America meet its exponentially growing power needs without critical minerals from foreign sources not always friendly to the U.S.

"From agriculture to energy, we're proving that the same element that powers our crops can power our critical infrastructure," said Group1 CEO Alexander Girau in a releas

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