Sustainability has become a top priority for data center REITs, who are under the gun to reduce the carbon footprint and water usage of data centers.
Equinix, one of the two largest pure-play data center REITs, is spearheading an effort to develop low-carbon fuel cells to power data centers. A consortium of seven companies—including Equinix, InfraPrime, RISE, Snam, SOLIDpower, TEC4FUELS and Vertiv—have been chosen by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership to create a new power source for data centers using low-carbon, solid-oxide fuel cells and lithium-ion batteries.
The consortium's pilot project will pave the way for the use of hydrogen fuel cells for primary and backup power at data centers, the Clean Hydrogen Partnership said at the project announcement in December.
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