Hade: Most data centers globally use diesel generators for backup power
Tim Hade · The market for microgrids · Oct 26, 2023 · at 7:00
Tim Hade, co-founder of Scale Microgrids, explains why standard data center backup systems do not typically function as microgrids.
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“Most data centers in the world today, those backup power generation devices are diesel generators, right? Increasingly, they're becoming natural gas generators, but for most data centers, they're diesel generators.”
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