I say, Eaton boys are flogging spare capacity on data centre UPS systems to keep lights on in Ireland.Your data centre UPS could feed power to the smart grid, suggests research.How Schneider Electric is rewiring how we think about modular datacenters.Datacenter networks: You'll manage them from the cloud, eventually, claims Cisco. ![]() What this means in practice is that the datacenter can use its energy storage system (ESS) resources to supply some of the power needed by the datacenter's IT infrastructure during periods of peak demand, which limits the total amount of power the datacenter draws from the grid.Īlternatively, grid-interactive datacenters can also feed energy back to the grid in order to smooth out the variability of those renewable energy resources, providing what is known in the energy industry as fast frequency response (FFR) services. The upshot of all this is that a new generation of those grid-interactive datacenters – which will include Microsoft's own – will be able to support energy grid operators with the provision of "critical flexibility services" as the proportion of energy supplied from renewable sources grows and the baseload generation capacity provided by fossil fuel power generation declines. Now the duo have unveiled a strategic framework agreement that has the grand aims of addressing "digital transformation, sustainability and the energy transition," but which will apparently start with the inclusion of Eaton's EnergyAware UPS technology in Microsoft projects.Įaton and Microsoft claim to have added digital capabilities to the UPS, which will allow it to be used as a distributed energy resource (DER) to support grids with high levels of variable renewable energy generation. The two companies already had a partnership where Eaton used Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud platform for products including an energy management circuit breaker smart safety device, and the pair jointly released a white paper last year on the potential role of grid-interactive datacenters in grid decarbonization. ![]() Microsoft and power management specialist Eaton are working together on "grid-interactive UPS technology" using Eaton's EnergyAware UPS systems to help electricity grids with the transition to renewable energy.
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