Fluence will integrate its Smartstack battery storage system into the design to handle grid instability events, including voltage and frequency fluctuations, black start capability and load smoothing for AI workloads that can draw power unevenly.
Fluence’s Smartstack is a modular, containerised battery storage system that integrates lithium-ion batteries, power conversion systems, thermal management and advanced software controls into a pre-assembled, plug-and-play unit designed for utility-scale and commercial applications.
According to Jeff Monday, Fluence’s chief growth officer, the Smartstack platform delivers critical grid-support functions, including demand response and AI load smoothing services, capabilities he claims address one of the most operationally challenging aspects of running dense AI computing infrastructure at scale.
nVent, which has deployed more than 2GW of liquid-cooling capacity globally, will provide thermal management services, with Sara Zawoyski, president of nVent Systems Protection, stating that the company’s operational experience enables it to “translate reference architectures into deployable thermal solutions that perform reliably from day one at this scale.”
