There are various categories of energy storage systems that feature different components and characteristics to enhance or impact the availability of data centers during utility outages.

Data centers, colos, medical facilities, and industrial plants across the globe have found that the use of flywheels — in conjunction with or instead of batteries — significantly increases power reliability and uptime.

There’s a point where today’s quality of life will exceed tomorrow’s possibility of life if we don’t do something to change that. When? I don’t think anyone really knows. But, the key to finding more answers is asking more questions.

Jaymie Scotto Cutaia, founder and CEO of JSA, talks about the “Greener Data” movement.

ABB’s microgrid solutions allow data centers to operate fully off-grid, powered by their own solar or wind generation coupled with battery energy storage systems (BESSs), or partially off-grid by utilizing both renewables and power networks.

This project not only reduces emissions from Stockholm's waterways but also pioneers emission-free, high-speed transportation that potentially can be used in cities all over the world.

The primary function of a UPS is to provide backup power protection for mission critical applications and facilities and to protect them from grid outages or power quality issues. 

Cryptocurrency mining is compute-intensive and uses a significant amount of energy — the mining of Bitcoin alone consumes 1% of the world’s energy. The only way for miners to maximize profit is by utilizing specialized, high-performance servers that run at maximum capacity 24/7/365.

Renewable energy sources, particularly wind and solar, are rapidly growing in adoption as a key source of energy for the grid. However, they carry important engineering challenges and other issues that cannot be overlooked.

With data centers on par with the aviation industry for their contribution to the world’s CO₂ emissions, alternative refrigerants in data center cooling systems have the potential to reduce emissions equivalent to 43.5–50.5 gigatons of carbon dioxide from 2020 to 2050.