Data Center Microgrids

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The Data Center Nuclear Energy Frontier: What Makes It Happen?

Sept. 6, 2024
How does the future electricity generation portfolio of the 2030s serve hundreds of new data centers totaling dozens of gigawatts without sacrificing carbon reduction goals and...

Propane Is a Sustainable Choice for Growing Microgrid Need

July 2, 2024
Construction professionals rely on propane’s lower emissions and enhanced resiliency
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Microgrid Nuclear Reactor Momentum: Oklo's Customer Pipeline Grows 93%

Aug. 15, 2024
Nuclear microgrids of the future are seen as a path to bridge baseload and carbon reduction aims for companies. Most of Oklo's anticipated new customer demand is coming from the...
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Alternus and Hover Energy Partner on Microgrids to Meet Data Center, Commercial and Industrial Energy Demand

Aug. 9, 2024
The Alternus-Hover joint venture will utilize Hover’s microgrid portfolio featuring wind generators and energy control systems. Alternus will contribute its solar portfolio, project...

Distributed Energy Resources and Microgrids Flex Their Muscles to Meet Growing Data Center Power Demand

Aug. 5, 2024
Hydropower-based microgrids, energy storage and fuel cells are providing green alternatives to meeting burgeoning data center energy demands. Small, modular data centers are also...
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AEP: 15 GW of New Data Center Capacity Growth Committed through 2030

July 30, 2024
The data center industry, utilities and other energy partners are accelerating consideration of microgrids and other means of power generation to meet the exponential expansion...

Fertile Ground for Microgrids: EIA Report Shows Commercial Sector Electricity Demand Surging in States Attracting Data Centers

July 18, 2024
The growth rate is fastest in states leading in data center infrastructure, such as Virginia. That state's commercial sector electricity demand rose nearly 15,000 kWh in 2023 ...
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Bloom Energy Bringing Fuel Cell Power to CoreWeave Data Center Project in Illinois

July 17, 2024
All those new gigawatts will require primary and backup power, including microgrids. The CoreWeave strategic partnership with Bloom Energy will utilize the latter’s proprietary...
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Danfoss, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Partnering on Data Center Modules, Heat Recovery

June 25, 2024
Energy demand from the AI industry could rise by a factor of 10 over last year’s consumption rate. HPE and Danfoss say they’ve designed the new solution to provide heat reuse ...