Data centers and power generators are scrambling for the future to ensure power delivery as technology expands with hyperscale, artificial intelligence and predictive maintenance capabilities.

Some 21 GW of data center capacity is currently under construction, but matching that with adequate power generation is becoming difficult as utilities rechart their courses after years of flat load growth forecasts. Conventional power generators are simply not ready for this.

Intel’s high-performance facility in Santa Clara, California, deep in Silicon Valley, is looking toward hydrogen as a future and environmentally friendly resource for power generation. Intel is expanding its investment in its decade-long deal with Bloom Energy fuel-cell power for the campus.

«Intel HPC Data Center infrastructure currently powers 400,000+ Xeon-based servers, 700+ petabytes of storage and 800,000+ network ports,» Shesha Krishnapura, Intel Fellow and Intel IT Chief Technology Officer, said a statement. «To meet additional HPC scale needed for Intel Products and Intel Foundry, Intel is leveraging Bloom Energy technology to power the next data center expansion.»