Mission Critical’s 2023 Top Tier Product Awards showcase the best in data center edge technologies, generators, IT equipment, management systems, power solutions, safety, security, software, thermal management, and UPSs.
Blue Rack Sodium-Ion Battery Cabinet BR-250, Natron Energy
August 11, 2023
Blue Rack is the first sodium-ion battery cabinet designed for mission critical applications, such as data centers, peak power shaving, and other industrial power environments where a reliable backup power source is required to ensure 100% uptime.
Critical updates for data center, telecom, and utility battery applications slated for the 25th annual event
May 3, 2023
Battcon is an educational event where more than 400 battery users, engineers, and manufacturers learn the latest industry trends and how to apply best practices to the manufacturing, safety, selection, installation, and use of stationary batteries.
The battery boasts a sulfide-based solid electrolyte, high temperature resistance, a long lifetime, high safety characteristics, and a voltage-boosting DC-DC converter IC.
For decades, lead acid was the only option to provide backup power for data centers. The rise of lithium-ion technology in recent years improved upon the limitations of lead acid, but lithium-ion isn’t a miracle solution and comes with significant risk.
Sodium-ion technology delivers tremendous power density with rapid discharge and recharge, is sustainably and ethically sourced, and is safe and completely nonflammable.
The market's expansion can be attributed to rising demand for grid energy storage systems due to ongoing grid modernization, increasing penetration of lithium-ion batteries in the renewable energy sector, and the rising trend of adopting a low-carbon, fossil-fuel-free economy, as well as the ongoing renewable energy revolution.