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Fusion42 · 27 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
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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Your data centre's biggest constraint is no longer space or compute—it's the five-year grid queue. ECL proved hydrogen fuel cells work at production scale; now PowerCell has supply chain and manufacturing ready from Volvo, and Bosch support in North America. If you're site-hunting for AI workloads, you no longer need to pick a location based on grid access.
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