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Batteries beat gas for powering data centres, report finds

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3 November 2026

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Cloud Infrastructure

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United States

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Fusion42 · 3 November 2026 · Fusion42 review

A report from Georgetown and Duke universities finds that batteries are a cleaner, cheaper, and faster-to-deploy alternative to gas generation for powering data centres, challenging the current trend of expanding gas-powered capacity for data centre energy needs.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Cloud Infrastructure.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

You can challenge the gas-powered status quo in data centre energy supply by backing battery power solutions now. This shift opens doors for quicker, cleaner energy deployment that cuts cost and climate risk.

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