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 […]
Preferred Utilities Announces Upgrade to the Fuel System Controller, FSC-120
Preferred Utilities announces FSC-120-B, an upgrade to its FSC-120 Fuel System Controller. The FSC-120-B offers stronger performance, better connectivity, and improved safety. The FSC-120-B, upgraded from the FSC-120 Fuel System Controller, is designed to monitor and control emergency generator fuel oil supply, pumping, and storage systems. It provides faster processing, quicker reporting, and has a larger memory capacity, […]
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 […]
How Fuel Quality Disrupts Filtration & Circulation
As seen in Facility Management. The fuel oil system is fundamental to the proper working of your facility’s burner. When your facility places a fuel oil system service call due to low flow, the first component blamed is often the pump. This is understandable since the pump moves the fuel; a circulation problem could indicate that the pump […]
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 […]
Fuel Storage Warning Signs You Should Not Ignore
A fuel oil system is only as reliable as the condition of the fuel inside it. For facilities that depend on backup generation or continuous fuel supply, catching problems early is the difference between a maintenance call and an emergency. Here are four warning signs that your fuel storage system needs attention: Water in fuel samplesWater intrusion is […]
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 […]
Reliable Fuel Systems make Reliable Data Centers
Data centers are a rapidly expanding sector of mission-critical applications, where uninterrupted power is both a huge challenge and entirely non-negotiable. They are relied upon across all industries for cloud computing, AI workloads, financial platforms, healthcare systems, e-commerce and so much more. Even brief power interruptions can cause major issues from business downtime to data corruption to long-term […]