Sunday, May 12, 2024

Intel buys more Bloom Energy fuel cells for Santa Clara data center

Intel will deploy additional megawatts (MW) of Bloom Energy’s fuel cell-based Energy Server at its existing data center in Santa Clara, California. The additional capacity expands an existing Bloom Energy fuel cell installation already deployed at the tech giant’s location since 2014. The resulting installation will be the single largest fuel cell-powered high-performance computing data center in Silicon Valley.

“Bloom Energy is proud to be a long-term supplier to Intel and to support the company’s data center capacity building at a time when the grid is severely constrained,” said Ravi Prasher, Bloom Energy’s Chief Technology Officer. “Bloom Energy technology is compatible with hydrogen fuel in addition to natural gas. We are working with governments and industries to adopt hydrogen as a primary fuel when it becomes economically viable. Intel’s confidence in our fuel cell technology is a testament to Bloom’s ability to reliably meet the energy needs of cutting edge and high-performance IT infrastructure.”

https://newsroom.bloomenergy.com/news/bloom-energy-announces-largest-silicon-valley-data-center-power-capacity-agreement