Investments in reliable backup power are skyrocketing. A recent Data Center Dynamics article reports that Generac has signed a long-term agreement with Amazon to supply up to $8 billion in backup generators for its data centers. Initial deliveries are expected to total approximately $2.4 billion over the next two years. The announcement demonstrates just how critical emergency power […]
Answering the Call: Morning, Noon or Night
Another round of equipment just left our facility in Danbury, CT: pump skids, day tanks, flow control manifolds, jockey skids, and filtration skids, all headed to yet another data center client. It’s become a familiar sight on our shipping floor, and there’s a good reason for that. Data centers don’t get to have a bad day. When a […]
Nuclear Power is on the Rise
In a blog post last month, we talked about a pledge by the World Nuclear Association to support tripling global nuclear capacity. Just a few days ago, the International Atomic Energy Agency released a report discussing energy consumption and projections, including the graphic above. (Attribution: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, Energy, Electricity and Nuclear Power Estimates for the Period […]
Tripling Nuclear Capacity Requires Excellent Maintenance Solutions
Over the last couple of years, AI hyperscalers like Meta, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft have all been investing in both extending existing nuclear facilities and expanding new nuclear generation, presumably to support the data center growth that makes their businesses possible. Last year, a cross-industry group of large energy users (including Google, Amazon, and Meta) signed a pledge […]
Data Center Grid Interconnection is Slow Going
Every month, we read more and more articles about energy constraints for data centers. It’s on everyone’s mind and it is clear we are not going to solve the data center power problem any time soon. On July 2nd, Data Center Dynamics published an article stating that the average data center grid interconnection time in the US had […]
Data Center Power Demand is Leading to Bottlenecks
In this blog, we’ve been discussing the urgency behind power planning for data centers. The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) recent article confirms this urgency with their updated data. According to the IEA, electricity demand from data centers increased by 17% in 2025, while global electricity demand only grew by 3%. The agency also projects that total data center […]
What are the Onsite Energy Options for Data Centers?
Onsite energy is an important part of infrastructure planning for data centers – whether it’s backup power, or to replace grid reliance entirely. As we discussed in last month’s blog post, Bloom Energy’s Data Center Power Report claims that over a third of all data centers expect to use only onsite power by 2030. So, what are the […]
Gear up for Data Center Onsite Power Generation
The data couldn’t be clearer in Bloom Energy’s second annual Data Center Power Report; data centers are gearing up to rely on their own onsite power sources at a rapid rate. While we may want to take their findings with a grain of salt (Bloom Energy is a Fuel Cell company, after all), we can’t deny that their […]
Today’s Boiler: Visibility and Control in the Boiler Room
SCADA Systems: The Backbone of Modern Boiler Room Operations Managing a modern boiler room means juggling burners, fuel systems, feedwater equipment, pumps, valves, and instrumentation all at once, all in real time. One missed signal can mean downtime, safety risks, or worse. So how do today’s operators stay ahead of it all? The answer is SCADA. Supervisory Control […]
SCADA Deployment for a Mission Critical Facility — Ahead of Schedule
Mission critical infrastructure depends on reliable fuel oil handling where there is no margin for error, and no room for delays. That’s why we’re pleased to share that Stage 2 of an ongoing large-scale deployment for a mission critical facility has been successfully completed, and it came in ahead of schedule. Project Background A year ago, Preferred was […]