While reports like RMI’s lay out strong approaches to powering data centers with clean energy, we’re already putting those ideas into practice. As our CEO and Founder, Sheldon Kimber, discussed with Canary Media Inc., we’re taking it a step further—deploying a mix of technologies on a co-located basis to deliver a faster, more scalable, more reliable, and lower-carbon solution. Read more 👇
RMI’s latest report makes a strong case for how we can power data centers with cleaner energy—pairing new renewables with existing peaker plants to deliver low carbon power while sidestepping grid bottlenecks. They’re largely right about the challenge and the opportunity. It all sounds pretty familiar to us over here at Intersect Power. We’re already taking it one step further by deploying this mix of technologies on a co-located basis, where a combination of wind, solar, batteries, and flexible gas peakers can be the fastest, most scalable, most reliable, and most cost-effective approach to meeting the electric power needs of large digital loads. Also, it’s the lowest carbon solution. Yes, you can have it all! As I discussed with Jeff, a well-designed system in regions with strong renewables can run on carbon-free power 70% or more of the time. The future isn’t about squeezing more life out of legacy fossil plants or waiting on a grid that is broken to build new base load gas at today’s high prices. It’s about building the right infrastructure from the start. Our partnership with Google and TPG Rise Climate—designed to deliver gigawatts of new data center capacity across the US with Intersect Power catalyzing a targeted $20 billion in renewable power infrastructure investment by the end of the decade—is putting this model into action now. Read more: https://brnw.ch/21wRuzF