Energy Vault secured and hired 275 MW of generating capacity using Rolls-Royce MTU reciprocating engines, a power that will be used to support the development of energy infrastructure for large artificial intelligence and high-performance computing campuses.
The deal also includes specific financing for the equipment, provided by Eagle Point Credit Management LLC the first deliveries are scheduled for the second half of 2027 and will continue during the first half of 2028.
With this strategy, Energy Vault aims to secure generation equipment in advance, equipment that typically requires long lead times. The company plans to integrate this equipment into its platform. Powered Land and use them in multi-gigawatt electrical infrastructure projects linked to data centers and artificial intelligence.
Energy Vault finances electrical capacity for data centers
Furthermore, the financing will allow the company to purchase equipment before it is assigned to specific client projects. With this approach, the company aims to reduce the amount of corporate capital it must commit during the early stages of development.
This aspect is especially important for the AI infrastructure where the availability of electrical capacity and the time required to bring it into service can determine the pace of deployment of large computing facilities.
Cory Magnuson, president of Asset Vault at Energy Vault, highlighted precisely these two factors, which, according to the executive, ensure the 275 MW along with its financing, it gives the company greater control over the availability of equipment and the capital needed to deploy it.
Rolls-Royce MTU engines will enable a modular deployment
In turn, the contracted capacity will utilize Rolls-Royce MTU reciprocating engine technology, designed to meet demanding electrical applications such as critical infrastructure and data centers.
Its modular configuration will allow generation to be deployed progressively as Energy Vault advances with the development of on-site energy infrastructure within its AI campus portfolio.
In this way, generation capacity can grow in stages along with the computing facilities, without necessarily depending on a complete commissioning from the start.
Generation and batteries will form an integrated energy architecture
Furthermore, Energy Vault plans to integrate these engines with battery energy storage systems (BESS), power conversion with grid formation capability and advanced plant controls.
The architecture aims to combine on-site manageable generation with energy storage and control systems. The goal is to offer reliability, power quality, and operational flexibility to meet the demands of new artificial intelligence installations.
In this sense, the 275 MW are not conceived as an isolated generation facility, but as part of a broader energy platform.
Powered Land is targeting multi-gigawatt AI projects
Finally, the strategy Powered Land it integrates land prepared for development, access to the electrical grid, on-site generation, energy storage, electrical infrastructure and smart controls within a single platform.
Energy Vault plans to develop, finance, build, own, and operate these assets through long-term commercial agreements with hyperscale customers and AI infrastructure operators.
The 275 MW of generation capacity secured with Rolls-Royce MTU technology, they will be intended to support a broader portfolio of AI infrastructure opportunities reaching a scale of several gigawatts.
With deliveries planned between 2027 and 2028, Energy Vault seeks to secure in advance one of the elements that can condition the development of new data centers, and that is having electricity generation available within the timeframes required by the growth of computing capacity.
Source: businessWire
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