Power, not chips or land, is the critical constraint on AI growth.

Interconnection delays, grid congestion, and power‑quality issues now pose the biggest barriers to scaling AI capacity. Even with sites, hardware, and capital ready, many hyperscalers face multiyear waits for reliable power — jeopardizing hundreds of millions of dollars in potential revenue and limiting competitive advantage in this rapidly changing market.

From Planning to Operations, Battery Storage Supports Data Centers Across the Lifecycle

Battery storage is the fastest, most flexible power capacity you can deploy on the grid — unlocking speed through interconnection flexibility, power bridging, and power‑quality support. Fluence storage solutions enables data centers to bring capacity online sooner and operate with higher reliability by:

Unlock Faster Interconnections

Don’t let grid bottlenecks derail your project. Our flexible assets slash peak demand and provide critical grid stability, paving the way for faster, more favorable interconnection agreements.

Power Site Operations

Ensure seamless operations with dispatchable, grid-independent power, providing instantaneous backup and full black-start capabilities for ultimate resilience.

Protect Site Performance

Improve load variability, stabilize voltage and frequency, and enhance power quality for sensitive AI workloads.

Time to Power by Resource

Grid upgrades often take 5–10+ years, while battery storage can be deployed in months, enabling hyperscalers to energize campuses well ahead of conventional timelines.

Source: Elevate Energy Consulting

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A partner at the intersection of grid and data infrastructure

ADVANCED CONTROLS

Fluence OS supports grid forming, microgrids, fast frequency response, droop control, voltage support, and other critical applications.
LOCAL SERVICE TEAMS

Dedicated, service teams with operational services providing 99% availability via performance guarantees.
CYBERSECURE

Non-FEOC, industry-leading security standards and options for air-gapped or on-premise logging.
GLOBAL REACH

50 GWh of grid scale battery storage experience executing large complex projects at grid and transmission levels.

Relevant Projects

Case Study: Eleven Mile- Orsted Eleven Mile Battery Storage System: Building a Resilient Energy Future for Arizona

Case Study: Baldy Mesa- Solar plus storage system enabling optimized charging, discharging, and energy availability for cloud workload

Case Study: Fluence and Centrica Work with Data Centre in Belgium to Provide and Optimise its First Zero-Emission Backup Power System

Smartstack™

Hardware designed for hyperscale reliability

Standardized hardware. Tailored for hyperscale reliability.
Fluence Smartstack™ is our modular hardware platform, designed for fast deployment and high availability at scale.

For data centers, Smartstack provides:

  • Modular, multi‑hour configurations for hybrid, semi‑islanded, and islanded operation to maintain uptime through grid disruptions or phased upgrades.
  • Embedded, grid-forming controls for voltage and frequency support, islanding, and black-start capabilities.
  • Factory-built, pre-integrated pods that shorten onsite construction and commissioning timelines.
  • Industry-leading safety architecture with multilayer protections and real-time sensors, validated by full-scale fire, dispersion, and deflagration testing aligned with UL 9540A and NFPA 855 requirements.
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Remove power as the constraint on your AI roadmap

Whether selecting a site, energizing a new campus, or operating through grid disruptions, Fluence helps you overcome power constraints and protect mission critical AI workloads.

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Relevant Resources

Blog: Powering Intelligence- How Energy Storage is Enabling the AI Revolution

Whitepaper: Enabling the AI Revolution with Utility Scale Battery Energy Storage Systems

Brochure: Accelerating the AI Economy with Battery Storage for Data Centers