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新加坡初创 Amplicity 融资 100 万美元,盘活数据中心闲置电池

Amplicity raises US$1M to put Singapore’s sleeping data centre batteries to work

Why we picked it

新加坡有约 160 MWh 的数据中心备用电池常年闲着,Amplicity 拿了 100 万美元要让它帮忙供电赚钱,思路挺新鲜。

新加坡数据中心常年备有约 160 MWh 电池容量,专为极少发生的停电待命,大部分时间处于闲置状态。能源科技初创 Amplicity 总部位于新加坡,计划让这些备用电池参与电网调度以产生收益。该公司已筹集 100 万美元资金推进这一业务。新加坡几乎全部燃料依赖进口,正在寻找更多清洁电力来源。

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Amplicity raises US$1M to put Singapore’s sleeping data centre batteries to work

Singapore’s data centres keep roughly 160 MWh of battery capacity on permanent standby, charged and waiting for a blackout that almost never comes. For an island that imports nearly all its fuel and is scrambling for clean power, that is a lot of expensive hardware doing nothing. Amplicity, a Singapore-headquartered energy technology startup, wants to […] The post Amplicity raises US$1M to put Singapore’s sleeping data centre batteries to work appeared first on e27 .