Norris: Data centers will pair batteries with diesel backup generators going forward
Tyler Norris · Unpacking DOE's proposal to transform data center interconnection · Oct 30, 2025 · at 25:45
Tyler Norris discusses whether short-duration batteries replace backup diesel generators at data centers or serve a complementary role.
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“My sense is that all those two-hour battery storage deals that we just mentioned at data centers, they still have gensets, likely diesel for those longer duration emergency events, and they're not at all mutually exclusive, and in fact, it may be that predominantly we see that kind of arrangement going forward where we do have battery storage.”
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