A California data center has run for two years with no power line at all, making its ...

A California data centre operator (ECL) that has run a 1 MW hydrogen-powered, off-grid facility for two years has ordered 5 MW of fuel cell stacks from Swedish manufacturer PowerCell and signed a non-binding MOU for 300 MW more, as US grid interconnection queues now exceed five years and companies shift to behind-the-meter power generation.

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