Eaton and Siemens Energy are partnering to develop a fast-track approach to building data centres with integrated onsite power.

The collaboration will offer reliable grid-independent energy supplies and standardised modular systems for swift data centre construction and deployment.

The modular and scalable power plant concept, designed for data centre operators, generates 500 MW of electricity with efficient SGT-800 gas turbines, redundancy, and additional battery storage systems.

The plant can be scaled up and down, and can operate in a carbon-neutral manner if hydrogen is available.

Siemens Energy also offers an optional emission-free clean air grid connection for data centres to provide grid services.

Eaton will provide customers with electrical equipment, engineering services, and software to protect and enable IT loads from the medium-voltage grid to the chip.

Cyrille Brisson, global segment leader, Data Centres, Eaton, said: "Our approach of letting customers pick the right balance of energy sources is very flexible and construction to start-up time is swift with options to reduce emissions in both the short and long term. Crucially, our approach offers data centre owners and developers the opportunity to build capacity and bring it online fast in any location where they have land available that is close to gas, water and fiber."

Andreas Pistauer, global head of sales, Siemens Energy’s Gas Services Business Area, said: "We offer hyperscalers, co-locators and investors a unique package, enabling them to reduce the time-to-market by up to two years in many places which leads to significant revenue gains. Our power plant design is built with redundancy, eliminating the need for backup diesel generators, and reducing CO2 emissions by about 50 per cent."