On-site generation provider Caterpillar will supply prime combined heat, power (CHP) and a battery storage system dedicated to powering a massive future data center campus planned in central Utah.

Caterpillar and its dealership partner Wheeler Machinery have finalized an agreement with project developer Joule Capital Partners to supply 4 GW in power capacity for Joule’s High Performance Compute Data Center Campus. The data center developer hopes to launch its initial computing capacity in 2026.

The CHP and prime power package will include Caterpillar’s latest model G3520K generator sets and equipment to provide both electricity and capture waste heat to power and cool the high-density servers. In addition, the solution will include 1.1 GWh of grid-forming battery energy storage along with other backup power from a diversity of fuel sources, both interconnecting into the Intermountain West grid system and directly connected into the Joule Data Center Campus.

“This project represents the core of Joule’s mission—to deliver artificial intelligence (AI) ready compute capacity by pairing world-class data center campuses with reliable, on-demand power,” said David Gray, President of Joule Capital Partners, in a statement. “By combining Caterpillar’s advanced energy systems with Wheeler’s local expertise, we can bring gigawatt-scale capacity to market faster and more efficiently than ever before, ensuring our tenants have the power and reliability they need to thrive in the next generation of high-performance computing.”

Para leer más ingrese a:

https://www.microgridknowledge.com/data-center-microgrids/news/55308489/cat-commits-to-providing-4-gw-of-chp-power-for-utah-ai-data-center