Data Center Microgrids

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 ...

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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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 ...

AI and Power Focus of Keynote at Data Center Frontier Trends Summit

June 13, 2024
With the confluence of cloud, AI, power, location and investment elements now brewing in the industry, it's an unprecedented time for data centers. This inaugural event is Sept...
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New Microgrid to Provide Resilience for a Houston Data Center and the Grid

May 23, 2024
The microgrid will be located at ViVaVerse Solutions’ ViVa Center in Houston, a mixed-use technology hub that will be home to a high-performance computing data center, more than...
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Brain Trust: Microgrid Industry Thinking Through AI Data Center Demand Crisis

May 17, 2024
An irresistible force unanticipated until recently is coming right at an object considered immovable only a few years ago. Microgrids provide a key and timely solution.
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Bloom Energy Expanding Hydrogen Power Generation for Intel's Santa Clara Data Center

May 13, 2024
For Intel’s high-performance data center in Santa Clara, the answer became clear: expand on their existing hydrogen fuel cell infrastructure.

How Power-Hungry Data Centers and Large Industries Are Turning to Microgrids--On and Off-Grid

April 19, 2024
Up until recently, large load facilities have had a backup solution and have been grid connected. But because of grid constraints, they are choosing to be off-grid, according ...