AI and cloud computing are bringing large new electricity demand to the Nordics at a time when grid capacity is scarce. Today, data centers are assessed as inflexible loads, on their peak demand alone, and each site duplicates its own resilience with oversized connections, hours of UPS batteries and diesel generators.
A data center integrated in a WeStorix Energy Hub works differently. It shares storage, local renewable generation and flexibility with the hub. The grid-forming PCS, supplied from the energy storage, provides backup and absorbs fast load swings, so the on-site UPS only bridges the switchover and diesel standby can be designed out.
That lowers the data center's peak load on the public grid and lets the hub offer flexibility and system services back to the system operator.
WeStorix therefore proposes that data centers are assessed on their actual grid impact and contribution, not only on peak demand. Read more on the Grid-Friendly Data Center page.