{"id":203254,"date":"2026-04-08T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/long-duration-batteries-are-a-winner-in-the-ai-boom\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T12:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:00:22","slug":"long-duration-batteries-are-a-winner-in-the-ai-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/long-duration-batteries-are-a-winner-in-the-ai-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-duration batteries are a winner in the AI boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cen.acs.org\/energy\/energy-storage-\/long-duration-batteries-are-a-winner-in-ai-boom\/104\/web\/2026\/04\">Long-duration batteries are a winner in the AI boom<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cen.acs.org\/energy\/energy-storage-\/long-duration-batteries-are-a-winner-in-ai-boom\/104\/web\/2026\/04\">https:\/\/cen.acs.org\/energy\/energy-storage-\/long-duration-batteries-are-a-winner-in-ai-boom\/104\/web\/2026\/04<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-08 11:13:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"cen.acs.org\">cen.acs.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Long-duration energy storage has struggled to gain acceptance within the traditional utility industry, especially after receiving less support from the US government for renewable energy projects.<\/li>\n<li>The growth of data centers for artificial intelligence (AI) companies is providing a niche market for long-duration batteries. These data centers often face delays in connecting to the grid.<\/li>\n<li>Form Energy has agreed to build iron-air batteries that could provide multiple days of electricity for data centers, including a significant project for Crusoe and an expected large battery for a Google data center.<\/li>\n<li>Eos Energy Enterprises reports that data centers represent a rapidly growing portion of their long-duration battery projects, driven by the need for quick power deliveries.<\/li>\n<li>Various companies, including New Era Energy &amp; Digital and FlexBase Group, are considering different long-duration battery technologies for their data center projects.<\/li>\n<li>The market for long-duration energy storage is growing, with installations reaching 15 gigawatt-hours in 2025, though it still represents a small portion of the larger energy storage market.<\/li>\n<li>Regulatory changes in some areas now allow industrial users, including data centers, to proceed with projects if they can demonstrate their own energy generation and storage capabilities.<\/li>\n<li>AI companies are finding that long-duration batteries can provide a faster and more cost-effective alternative to natural gas generators due to delays and rising prices.<\/li>\n<li>While the transition to a renewable-powered grid presents the ultimate opportunity for long-duration energy storage, the expanding data center market is generating significant momentum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long-duration batteries are a winner in the AI boom https:\/\/cen.acs.org\/energy\/energy-storage-\/long-duration-batteries-are-a-winner-in-ai-boom\/104\/web\/2026\/04 Publish Date: 2026-04-08 11:13:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":203255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cen.acs.org\/content\/dam\/cen\/104\/04\/08\/WEB\/Long--duration-batteries-are-a-winner-in-the-AI-boom---418798.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-203254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203256,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203254\/revisions\/203256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}