Generac signs $8bn back up generator deal with Amazon
Initial deliveries over next two years will total $2.4bn
News - Rack Level, Zachary Skidmore, DatacenterDynamics
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Google, Nvidia, and Emerald AI found the AI Energy Management Alliance to support demand response capabilities within the data center sector
Joined by a range of launch partners, including Anthropic and RWE
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FlexSysAI launches grid-flexibility pilot with ResetData, CSIRO, University of Queensland
Will test AI orchestration platform at ResetData data center
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SGC Energy partners with Vertiv to deploy PowerNexus at planned AI data center in Gunsan, South Korea
Expected to be energized in 2028
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Flex acquires data center power conversion manufacturer EPC Power in $4.4bn deal
EPC is a developer of 800V data center power architectures
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GE Vernova announces medium-voltage UPS for data center sector
Expects to begin shipping units by mid-2027
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Navitas Semiconductor acquires power management firm Claros for $232.8m
Claros develops tech designed to power high-speed AI chipsets
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Emerald AI raises $150m in Series A funding to scale commercial deployments
Follows the completion of its fifth demonstration project
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Electrovaya launches stationary energy storage system for data center market
Announces commercial agreement with Amazon
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Redaptive and Recurve launch platform to unlock grid capacity for data centers
Will be based on Recurve's Flex software program
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Empromptu launches AI software to reduce GPU power spikes
Dubbed Grid Guard
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Amazon, Duke Energy accused of evading Clean Air Act at under-development data center in Hamlet, North Carolina
Generators permitted for one year
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Trump expands Ratepayer Protection Pledge with 200-plus new signatories
Including utility heavyweights Southern Company, PPL Corp, NextEra Energy, Duke Energy, and American Electric Power
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DG Matrix, Skeleton Technologies partner on 800V DC power systems for AI data centers
Will see the firms integrate their systems
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LS Electric, LG Uplus ink MoU to develop DC based power infrastructure for AI data center sector
Will focus on Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform
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Crusoe to deploy 5GW of ON.energy's AI UPS systems across data center portfolio
Deployments to continue into 2027
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Everllence launches 2.4MW backup generation unit for data center market
Units to be manufactured in Europe
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SLB partners with Liberty Energy on data center power infrastructure
Will focus on behind-the-meter power systems
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Infineon, LS Electric partner on DC power infrastructure for AI data centers
Ink non-binding MoU to develop next-gen power systems
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Alderbuck Energy to deploy solid-state transformer at San Diego Supercomputer Center
As part of a California Energy Commission-funded project
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Equinix trials hydrogen fuel cells as diesel alternative at Irish data center
12 week demonstration project
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Panasonic to expand battery module manufacturing in response to surging data center demand
Has allocated more than $2bn for AI data center energy storage investment through 2028
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Solidion launches battery platform for LEO-based AI data centers
Claims can operate in extreme temperatures
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Skeleton Technologies launches new UPS for the AI data center market
Designed to deliver continuous power protection for data center operators
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ABB expands partnership with Nvidia
Will integrate digital models of its power infrastructure products into Nvidia's Omniverse DSX blueprint platform
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Generac signs back up generator supply deal with undisclosed hyperscale data center
Followed a rigorous qualification process
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QTS looking to build temporary power plant to support test operations at campus in Cedar Rapids, Iowa - report
Plant will consist of modular, self-contained generator units
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Siemens, Nvidia, and Fluence develop reference electrical and power architecture for data centers running Vera Rubin NVL72 platform
Will cover the full electrical path of the data center