Microsoft Kept Servers Running on Nothing but Hydrogen for 2 Days
As part of its plan to go carbon-neutral by 2030, Microsoft is considering replacing its diesel backup generators with hydrogen battery storage. The company has successfully kept part of one of its datacenters online for 48 hours on hydrogen power alone.
Backing up datacenters is a tiny portion of Microsoft’s emissions, but like most datacenters—and most things, period—diesel-fueled generators are just the industry standard for backup power. Microsoft rarely has to use its backup generators, and diesel accounts for just 1 percent of Microsoft’s emissions. But that makes the datacenter power a great test case for a new solution.
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