Automakers and battery companies, which now face a weak market for electric vehicles in the US, are scrambling to repurpose battery factories to make energy-storage systems to fuel AI's demand for power instead.

Panasonic plans to mass-produce data-centre battery cells in Kansas by fiscal 2028, part of a 500bn-yen AI infrastructure push aimed at a fast-growing storage market.

Automakers and battery companies, which now face a weak market for electric vehicles in the US, are scrambling to repurpose battery factories to make energy-storage systems to…