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A Microsoft data centre in Ireland (pictured) is serving as a test bed for adding lithium-ion battery storage to UPS equipment, with Google also undertaking a similar project in Belgium. Image: Microsoft.

Microsoft wants to replicate ‘proven’ data centre battery storage project worldwide

February 22, 2023
Microsoft’s project to equip a data centre with a ‘grid-interactive’ battery storage system shows “what is possible”.
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