IN A FIRST, A DATA CENTER IS USING A BIG BATTERY TO GET ONLINE FASTER

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Aligned Data Centers is installing a 31-megawatt/62-megawatt-hour battery in a new data center in the Pacific Northwest. Having a battery will allow the data center to pull less power from the grid when demand is high, allowing it to come online more quickly. Research has found that today's grid could handle quite a lot more data centers if facilities could dial back their consumption for a couple of hours at a time during moments of maximum demand. Aligned's commitment to paying for the battery itself could serve as a model of socially responsible AI-infrastructure development.