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- Battery Industry Trends
- Nickel-Zinc Batteries
Battery Energy Storage Trends for the Electrification of Everything
As we closed out the first quarter of 2022, the energy storage industry continued to show stunning growth. When scrolling through the news, reading studies, and attending events, one can’t help but notice how critical battery energy storage is to a myriad of markets and industries. As innovative technologies emerge at a breakneck pace, they reveal key trends […]
June 10, 2022
- Data Center Solutions
- Nickel-Zinc Batteries
Scope 3 Reporting is Critical to Reducing Data Center Emissions
Investors, clients, and partners increasingly expect organizations to provide comprehensive environmental impact disclosure. But despite companies’ good-faith efforts to provide accurate reporting, many are failing to account for a full 65-95% of their greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint: Scope 3 emissions. As a result, stakeholders receive only an incomplete picture of the business’ sustainability, and the organization misses an opportunity […]
May 20, 2022
- Data Center Solutions
- Nickel-Zinc Batteries
How IEEE’s Energy Storage Documents Help Users Choose the Best Battery
Energy storage technology has come a long way since the days of watermills and the first rechargeable battery. We now have a wide range of battery technologies to choose from, including lithium-ion, sodium-beta, lead-acid, nickel-zinc and others. As the number of options on the market continues to grow, choosing the storage technology that is best suited for […]
November 22, 2021
- Data Center Solutions
- Nickel-Zinc Batteries
How AI is driving up density requirements and the energy storage needed to support this
At the recent DCD>San Francisco event, we sat down to discuss hyperscale energy storage and sustainability in light of increasing rack-density needs. This seems to be a point of anxiety frequently raised in the data center industry, and unfortunately not one that can be ignored into submission. One of the technologies that are driving this need for increased density […]
November 1, 2021
- Data Center Solutions
- Nickel-Zinc Batteries
Zinc Technology Advances Across Energy Storage Markets – And Not Just Our Own
It’s an exciting time to be in the energy storage business! In a prior blog post, A New Initiative Celebrates Performance, Safety and Sustainability of Zinc Batteries, we talked about our membership in the Zinc Battery Initiative (ZBI), an initiative created by the International Zinc Association to educate about the advantages and uses of rechargeable zinc […]
October 6, 2021
- Data Center Solutions
- Nickel-Zinc Batteries
Free Up Data Center Design And Provisioning With The Right Backup Battery Chemistry
Looking for a magic bullet to optimize the cost and speed of designing and provisioning a data center? Sorry. “There is no single technology or practice that can be credited — these faster, cheaper builds are achieved through a combination of technologies and practices,” writes Rhonda Ascierto, VP of Research at the Uptime Institute.[1] For […]
September 8, 2021
- Data Center Solutions
- Nickel-Zinc Batteries
The Better Server Rack Battery Backup For DC Power Distribution
DC power distribution opens the door to rack-level battery backup. Which battery chemistry should you invite in? The hyperscale providers[1] are leading the adoption of DC distribution at the rack level, rather than a pure AC power distribution architecture. The economic drivers are straightforward: save space and save power. First, with DC power distribution, data center […]
August 25, 2021
- Data Center Solutions
- Nickel-Zinc Batteries
Hard Facts About Data Center Reliability
One hard fact about data center Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) is that the very system that is supposed to prevent an outage – the UPS – is too often the cause of it. In its Annual Outage Analysis 2021, Uptime Institute referenced its 2020 global survey that shows on-site power failure is still the biggest cause of significant […]
June 30, 2021
- Nickel-Zinc Batteries
The Solar Impulse Foundation Selects ZincFive Batteries to Join Global Sustainability Guide
In 2016, the Solar Impulse 2 landed in Abu Dhabi, completing the first flight around the Earth by a piloted aircraft using only solar power. This year, ZincFive has landed the Solar Impulse Efficient Solutions label, recognized for having one of the top clean, efficient and profitable solutions helping to address climate change. The Solar Impulse 2’s […]
May 26, 2021
- Battery Industry Trends
- Nickel-Zinc Batteries
Artificial intelligence is challenging rack power density and battery backup
Artificial Intelligence (AI) takes an awful lot of processing power. That’s putting real pressure on data center rack power density and rack-based battery backup. The application of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Deep Learning (DL) is business as the new usual. The rapid adoption of these applications has created an explosion in data center workloads. OpenAI—an […]
May 12, 2021

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Highlights in Sustainability
A New Initiative Celebrates Performance, Safety and Sustainability of Zinc Batteries
It’s not often an industry throws a party, but the Zinc Battery Initiative (ZBI) sure feels like one to us. The fun started last year when the International Zinc Association formed ZBI to promote rechargeable zinc batteries’ remarkable story and promote their advantages across many applications. While each participating member has its own proprietary technology, […]
April 28, 2021
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Highlights in Sustainability
Comparing the Climate Impact of Batteries on Data Center Sustainability
To make deeper cuts in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, data center operators need to take a look at the bigger picture. In a prior blog post, we pointed out how lead-acid batteries are a data center sustainability challenge hiding in plain sight. Lead-acid batteries contain significant amounts of lead and other hazardous materials that create […]
March 9, 2021
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Highlights in Sustainability
The Hidden Sustainability Challenge in your Data Center
Data centers make a big impact in our world. The number of data centers across the globe rose to roughly 9,100 in 2019 from 7,500 in 2018.[1] As a result, data center electricity consumption is projected to increase to roughly 140 billion kilowatt-hours in 2020 in the U.S. alone, which equates to about 150 million metric […]
February 9, 2021
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