Economic viability, safety, and environmental impact assessment of hydrogen fuel cell backup power for data centers

Heavy equipment and power systems

Technology

Energy policy and regulation

A technology that combines hydrogen and oxygen in a clean, electrochemical process to generate power, releasing only water vapor as a byproduct.

Wyoming

A project demonstrating the use of hydrogen fuel cell technology to provide reliable and sustainable backup power for data centers, simulating a 48-hour backup event.

A hydrogen fuel cell system with 1.5MW capacity designed for data center backup power applications. The system is integrated into the electrical plant at a Microsoft data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming and is capable of operating reliably in challenging environmental conditions including sub-freezing temperatures and high altitude.