Gas-based power-generating resources, such as gas turbines, are well positioned to meet current needs and have seen renewed demand amid the data center boom. Battery energy storage solutions also offer scalable near-term capacity but depend on evolving market rules and requirements.
Surging electricity loads from data centers, electrification and manufacturing are outpacing grid capacity, prompting a shift toward customer-sited energy resources and capabilities to address data center energy demand.
Batteries already play an integral role in data center architecture, in the form of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems. Most UPSs have an average capacity of 50 to 300kW, providing around 20-30 minutes of backup power in case of sudden outages.
Experts predict consumption by U.S. data centers alone to quadruple between 2023 and 2030. Two battery stationary energy storage solutions are helping meet this challenge: Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). Together, they are ensuring reliability and scalability across the entire energy ecosystem.
However, in recent years, several companies have taken the plunge and announced deployments of BESS at their data center sites, with each example providing an interesting test case
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Data center demand is expected to quadruple by 2030, driven by AI and cloud computing. BESS growth enables this demand by providing grid flexibility and resilience.
With concerns rising over the slow pace of grid-connected capacity expansion, customer-sited energy resources and capabilities offer a faster path to power. Expansion of these resources may continue
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