Recently, utility Xcel Energy announced it would install 30GWh of US startup Form Energy’s iron-air batteries at a data centre in Pine Island, Minnesota, owned by tech giant Google.
In this second part of our interview with Wood Mackenzie energy storage analysts, we look at risk factors and mitigation across the European and US markets.
In an interview with Energy-Storage.news Premium, Jay Jayasuriya, Principal at Sendero Consulting, argues that AI data centres are “convenient scapegoats” for grid failures
The first monthly global grid-scale BESS deployment figures for 2026 are in from Rho Motion, showing a year-on-year fall and China continuing to account for the majority of activity.