NTT Data has signed a 900MW deployment agreement with Bloom Energy to deploy solid oxide fuel cells on site across multiple data center projects worldwide, with initial shipments of the generators expected to start in 2027, Datacenter Dynamics reported. NTT Data Group operates more than 150 data centers in more than 20 countries, and Bloom said the agreement is its largest with a single data center developer.
“Our clients are building AI capabilities at a pace the grid alone cannot always match, and speed to power has become one of the defining factors in delivering capacity when and where it is needed,” said Doug Adams, chief executive of NTT Global Data Centers. Bloom’s fuel cells convert fuel, at present mostly natural gas, into electricity electrochemically without combustion, and the company has signed similar supply deals with Oracle, for up to 2.8GW, and with American Electric Power, for up to 1GW.