Google Looks to Batteries as Replacement for Diesel Generators
Google Looks to Batteries as Replacement for Diesel Generators The blinking lights of racks of Google servers glow in a darkened data hall in St. Ghislain, Belgium. (Image: Google) Google will use large batteries to replace the diesel generators at one of its data centers in Belgium, describing the project as a first step towards using cleaner technologies to provide backup power for its millions of servers around the world. “Our project in Belgium is a first step that we hope will lay the groundwork for a big vision: a world in which backup systems at data centers go from climate change ...
Source: datacenterfrontier.com