As demand for digital services accelerates, data centre energy needs are rising dramatically. Solid oxide fuel cells ("SOFC") offer a unique opportunity to deliver resilient, low-carbon power. This growing energy challenge is matched by a vast market opportunity for clean distributed power technologies.
Global market
The data centre market is expected to grow significantly in the next decade due to the rapid growth in the adoption of AI.
500TWh
increased power demand by 2030
Data centre construction in the US alone may potentially increase power demand by 500TWh by 2030.
Data centres require 24/7 power with ultra-high reliability, stressing backup systems and grid operations. Projects face increasing resistance over land use, emissions, and water consumption. Traditional backup systems are costly, carbon intensive and insufficient for modern uptime expectations.
Why Ceres?
Ceres solid oxide power solutions
- Can be deployed in months, not years, for on-site power generation where grid connection is not available
- Modularity enables power solutions to grow in line with data centre needs
- Can load follow and operate at high efficiency across a wide power range
- High power density resulting in smaller footprint
- Have low emissions, with near zero NOx and SOx emissions
- Have high efficiency and low maintenance requirements for low total cost of ownership
- Can be integrated with carbon capture solutions for near zero CO2 emissions or negative emissions if fuelled with biogas
Key stats
Why we stand apart
25%
lower CO2 compared to open cycle gas turbines
and near zero emissions of NOx and SOx
3
commercial fuel cell products
are scaling to MW capacity systems
0-100% power in 20 seconds
flexible operation and ability to follow demand
Case study
Delta secures licence to hydrogen energy technology
Delta Electronics in Taiwan is developing SOFC systems for MW scale deployment in AI data centres. The systems will provide electricity to the uninterruptible power supply (“UPS”) units, which in turn feed into the data centres.
