Stadler: Standalone gas or diesel generators become stranded data center investments
Michael Stadler · Frontier Forum: Future-proofing data center power infrastructure · Apr 7, 2025 · at 5:22
Michael Stadler, co-founder and CTO of Xendee, warns against installing short-term fossil backup generators without multi-year microgrid planning.
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“You might think that installing just a small gas generator, diesel generator might be the solution, but it's actually kind of stranded investment. Because, I mean, after, let's say the utility comes online and gives you the power of three or four years, you have now this investment sitting there, which you're not using anymore.”
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