Data center

Microgrid

Digital Realty Partners With Enel X for Grid-Balancing UPS Solution in Ireland

Digital Realty is set to partner with energy firm Enel X to roll out grid-balancing UPS systems in Ireland.The integrated battery banks, housed within Digital R…

Electric Vehicle Charging

The US Now Has 1 DC Fast Charging Station for Every 15 Gas Stations

DC fast charging station installation is gaining momentum in the US – Q1 2024 saw a 7.6% increase to nearly 8,200 total.More DC fast charging stations are…

Green Hydrogen

H2, Microgrids and Data Centers: Things2know in Creating Truly Green Hydrogen Power

(Editor's Note: This story originally posted at Data Center Frontier, a sister website of Microgrid Knowledge. It has been repurposed, with some variation a…

Solar Power Plant

1-GWh Battery Now Operational in Arizona for Solar Site Powering Google Data Center

Courtesy of NextEra Energy Resources. Example of an Arizona-based solar plant, Wilmot Solar Energy Center in Tucson, Arizona on May 5, 2021 (Credit: SRP, NextEr…

Hydrogen Technology

Plug Power to see demand for hydrogen-based power backup systems from data centers

Plug Power (PLUG.O), opens new tab said on Friday it expects demand for its green hydrogen fuel cell storage systems from data centers to pick up in the second …

Microgrid

Tencent Commissions New 10.54-MW Data Center Microgrid in China

Tencent's distributed energy microgrid at its Tianjin data center. (Source: Tencent)Tencent, one of China’s largest technology companies, has commissi…

Electric Vehicles

Honda, Tokuyama, and Mitsubishi Corporation to Conduct Joint Demonstration of Decarbonizing Data Center Using By-Product Hydrogen and Stationary Fuel Cell Power Station Designed to Reuse Fuel Cell Sys

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda), Tokuyama Corporation (Tokuyama), and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) (Project Members) will conduct a joint demonstration to operate …

Solar Power Plant

Meta's Arizona Data Center to Be Powered by Solar + Storage Project

Meta announced its Mesa, Arizona data center will soon be supported by new solar energy from Salt River Project (SRP) through a contract with U.S. clean energy …

Geothermal Power Plant

America's First ​"Enhanced" Geothermal Plant up and Running

A next-generation geothermal plant backed by Google has started sending carbon-free electricity to the grid in Nevada, where the tech company operates some of i…

Hydrogen Technology

Hitachi Energy Unveils New Emission-Free Alternative to Diesel- Powered Generators

Hydrogen-powered generator provides megawatts of power and heat for hard-to- decarbonize applications such as construction sites, remote venues, data centers, a…

Energy Saving

Delta at the Global Ocp Summit 2023: Cutting-Edge Server Power Solutions to Ensure the Energy Efficiency of AI Data Centers

Delta, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions, just participated in the OCP Global Summit and introduced its ORV3 power shelves and DC-DC con…

Microgrid

Rolls-Royce Supplying 31 MTU Gen-Sets to Japan Hyperscale Data Center

Rolls-Royce is supplying 31 mtu generator-sets and a microgrid-level control system to support emergency operations at a new, hyperscale data center in Japan.Th…

Energy Storage Project

Microsoft Replaces Diesel Generators With Saft Batteries at Swedish Data Center

Energy storage provider Saft has delivered a battery system to replace diesel backup power generators at a Microsoft data center in Sweden.Microsoft is aiming f…

Geothermal Power Plant

Kenya Breaks Ground for Region's First Geothermal Energy Powered Data Center

Data centres have faced scrutiny about their environmental impact in recent years. Their rapid expansion has continued to raise concerns about their environment…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Hydrogen Production, SMRs Touted for Virginia Data Center Hub

Two companies supporting different technologies in the energy sector have formed a joint venture to develop an industrial park in Virginia that could feature da…