FuelCell, Sustainable Development Capital enter data center power collaboration

Sustainable Development Capital and FuelCell (FCEL) Energy announced a strategic collaboration to explore the deployment of up to 450 megawatts of advanced fuel-cell power systems to support data center growth and other mission critical distributed power needs globally. The collaboration reflects a shared view that AI is forcing a fundamental redesign of data-center power architectures. AI is not just increasing power demand, it is changing the nature of power demand, requiring highly reliable, scalable, and resilient on-site generation solutions capable of supporting always-on, compute-intensive workloads. The planned collaboration integrates FuelCell Energy’s proven distributed baseload power technology, capable of delivering reliable, high-availability power close to load centers, with SDCL’s experience in financing and operating scalable energy infrastructure. The two companies have executed a letter of intent outlining their plans to work together to support energy solutions that enhance availability, resilience, and cost competitiveness in energy-intensive applications.