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Oracle taps Bloom for fuel cells to support datacenter binge
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Bloom Energy says it has an expanded remit from Oracle to provide the energy for its US datacenter buildout plans with up to 2.8 GW of fuel cell systems.
Key facts
- Big Red has already contracted for an initial 1.2 GW of capacity, according to Bloom, with deployment already underway this year and likely to continue into 2027
- This builds on an agreement drawn up last year, under which Bloom claims it delivered a fully operational fuel cell system to power an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) site in 55 days, rather
- Bloom Energy says it has an expanded remit from Oracle to provide the energy for its US datacenter buildout plans with up to 2.8 GW of fuel cell systems
- Oracle has agreed to a network of humongous server farms thanks to arrangements such as the $300 billion contract signed with OpenAI to provide it with infrastructure for AI processing
Summary
Big Red has already contracted for an initial 1.2 GW of capacity, according to Bloom, with deployment already underway this year and likely to continue into 2027. This builds on an agreement drawn up last year, under which Bloom claims it delivered a fully operational fuel cell system to power an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) site in 55 days, rather than the 90 days stipulated. Oracle has agreed to a network of humongous server farms thanks to arrangements such as the $300 billion contract signed with OpenAI to provide it with infrastructure for AI processing. But others are also joining in the datacenter build boom, and America's creaking power grid is struggling to keep up with the unanticipated extra demand for electricity.