Power Engineering
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Bloom Energy announced that it will deploy its fuel cell technology at select Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) data centers in the U.S., with the company claiming it will deliver onsite power for an entire data center within 90 days.
“We continue to see strong global demand for OCI services across our entire data center portfolio including our large gigawatt AI data centers,” said Mahesh Thiagarajan, Executive Vice President, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. “Customers expect to run their AI workloads and new AI applications at peak performance. Bloom’s fuel cell technology will join OCI’s extensive energy portfolio, further supporting our cutting-edge AI infrastructure with reliable, clean power that can be quickly deployed and easily scaled.”
Solid oxide fuel cells are typically used for auxiliary power, electric utilities and distributed generation. Their advantages include high efficiency (a lower heating value of 60%), fuel flexibility, combined heat and power (CHP) capabilities, and hybrid/gas turbine cycle capabilities, per the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). However, they also suffer from high temperature corrosion.
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