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Grid-interactive data centres: enabling decarbonisation and system stability

Hear from Eaton & Microsoft as we combine our energy and hyperscale know-how to demonstrate that data centres are at the heart of renewable energy

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Data centres are one of the fastest growing loads on the electric grid. Since data centres use energy storage as back-up in uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs), the growth in data-centre loads will result in a growth in energy storage capacity. As the penetration of intermittent renewable resources increases, the electric grid requires energy storage to maintain grid balance and system stability. Data centres can offer a unique opportunity to help maintain grid balance.

Renewables are the power source of the future, but as the sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow, we need to have a more dynamic grid to support the changes in power generation, and the opportunity for grid-interactive data centres is huge

Janne Paananen, Technology Manager, Critical Power Systems, Eaton

This technical white paper has been developed in partnership with Microsoft Corporation. Eaton & Microsoft explain the challenges faced by grid operators in the transition to a low-carbon energy system with frequency regulation and system inertia and how data centres and uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) can act as source of fast frequency response (FFR).

Download now to learn more about how data centres can monetise their existing assets, with no negative impact on customers, and support improvements in grid stability to enable the integration of more renewables.

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Eaton and Microsoft’s EnergyAware UPS technology pilot project

See how Microsoft and Eaton have harnessed the energy storage capabilities of a lithium-ion battery-powered UPS to serve as a distributed energy resource (DER) for grid operators

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Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re accelerating the planet’s transition to renewable energy and helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges.

Grid-interactive data centres: enabling decarbonisation and system stability

Eaton and Microsoft’s EnergyAware UPS technology pilot project

Transform your power network to be ready for the energy transition

EnergyAware UPS

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