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Why data center companies Equinix and Oracle are buying fuel cells
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Fusion42 · 1 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
Oracle and Equinix are rapidly scaling the deployment of fuel cells, notably from Bloom Energy, to power their data centers with cleaner and faster-to-install onsite electricity, with Oracle contracting up to 2.8 gigawatts for AI infrastructure and Equinix planning to rely primarily on fuel cells for one Silicon Valley site.
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Data center founders powering AI and cloud workloads must pivot to fuel cells for faster, cleaner onsite power as Oracle and Equinix prove scale and speed advantages. Legacy reliance on grid or combustion power is now a bottleneck you can remove.
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