The controversial idea of using fuel cells to power data centers has been under discussion for the past couple of years. Probably the most famous project out there is Apple’s 10… Read more »
Silicon Valley fuel cell startup Bloom Energy is looking to raise another $160 million in convertible notes, and has closed on $130 million of that round, according to a report in… Read more »
The New Zealand government’s $27 billion fund set up to cover future pension payments has invested $60 million into startup LanzaTech, which uses microbes to turn industrial waste gas into biofuels… Read more »
Power companies are becoming more interested in Bloom Energy’s fuel cells, while customers are asking Bloom for the PPA-style power-as-a-service deal. Read more »
Apple’s two solar farms and one fuel cell farm near its data center in North Carolina are now all live and generating power. The projects are unprecedented in the industry and… Read more »
The power sources for data centers are becoming both cleaner and less dependent on the power grid. A small, but growing, amount of data centers in California are having fuel cells… Read more »
The world’s first data center powered primarily with fuel cells has finally been switched on in Utah by its owner, eBay. Its an unusual test bed which will give eBay insight… Read more »
Fire prevention is the latest benefit of using fuel cells in data centers, according to data center giant Equinix, a German project developer and fuel cell maker Fuji Electric. Read more »