DATA CENTER POWER INFRASTRUCTURE
Dedicated BESS capacity without owning the battery.
EIP Storage develops, finances, owns, and operates battery energy storage systems designed around data center and large load power requirements. The data center and large load contracts for dedicated capacity and defined performance while EIP Storage takes responsibility for the storage asset throughout its life.
SEE HOW THE MODEL WORKS
The principal benefit is responsibility transfer. The data center and large load developer gains the capability of a dedicated BESS without diverting capital, building an internal storage-development organization, or assuming technology, construction, ownership, operating, degradation, and augmentation risk.
A specialist owner for critical storage infrastructure
A battery system can materially improve the flexibility of a data center and large load’s power architecture – but developing and operating one requires specialized expertise. EIP Storage gives the data center one accountable BESS counterparty and allows the developer and operator to remain focused on the campus, compute infrastructure, customers, and core power strategy.
The EIP Storage model
- Define the need. EIP Storage works with the data center and utility to define required MW, MWh, operating windows, response time, availability, recharge strategy, and integration requirements.
- Develop the project. EIP Storage can buy or lease an adjacent site and lead interconnection, permitting, engineering, technology selection, procurement, and contracting, with the exact scope tailored to the site configuration.
- Finance and construct. EIP Storage arranges project capital at each stage and manages construction and commissioning.
- Own and operate. EIP Storage retains ownership and long-term operating responsibility. The data center and large load contracts for reserved capacity and performance through a capacity services or tolling agreement.
What EIP Storage takes on
Project development, utility coordination, interconnection, permitting, and community engagement.
System engineering, technology selection, procurement, EPC oversight, commissioning, and controls integration.
Project financing, asset ownership, insurance, operations, maintenance, safety programs, and augmentation planning.
Market participation and optimization of unreserved capability where permitted and consistent with the customer’s priority rights.
What the data center or large load receives
Reserved MW and MWh sized to the defined operating requirement.
Contracted availability, response, duration, state-of-charge, and dispatch provisions.
Clear priority rights during specified grid conditions or operating events.
A long-term BESS counterparty accountable for asset performance under the agreement.
Use Cases and Commercial Structure
Storage capabilities for the data center and large load power plan
USE CASE: CAPACITY BRIDGE AND STAGED ENERGIZATION
Support defined operating windows, commissioning phases, or constrained grid conditions when utility and interconnection rules permit. The BESS is engineered around the gap between grid-deliverable power and campus requirements.
USE CASE: EMERGENCY CURTAILMENT AND RIDE-THROUGH
USE CASE: RAMP AND LOAD MANAGEMENT
Manage step changes during commissioning, phased load growth, manage data center load swings due to changing compute loads to conform with utility ramp-rate limitations. Provide a controlled interface between a variable campus load and the grid.
USE CASE: RELIABILITY SUPPORT
Add energy and power reserves between the campus and the grid, coordinated with UPS systems, generators, switchgear, and site controls. The final design defines exactly which events the BESS will cover.
USE CASE: ECONOMIC AND MARKET VALUE
Where interconnection rules and market design allow, EIP Storage can optimize unreserved battery capability without interfering with the data center’s contracted priority capacity. The commercial agreement can allocate or share that value.
A commercial structure built around capability
The data center does not purchase battery containers or assume ownership of the project company. It contracts for defined storage capability. The agreement can reserve all or part of the asset and can be structured around fixed availability payments, performance-based elements, or a negotiated tolling framework.
| Commercial element | Items to define |
|---|---|
| Reserved capability | MW, MWh, duration, response time, operating window, and permitted depth of discharge. |
| Priority and dispatch | Who may dispatch, event triggers, customer priority, minimum state of charge, and override rights. |
| Availability | Measurement method, exclusions, planned maintenance, remedies, and performance testing. |
| Recharge | Recharge source, timing, import limits, efficiency treatment, and post-event restoration. |
| Site and interconnection | On-campus, adjacent, or remote location; lease/easement; utility/ISO approvals; metering and controls. |
| Residual value | Market participation, demand savings, renewable integration, capacity value, and revenue-sharing treatment. |
| Term and end-of-term | Contract length, extension, purchase option if desired, decommissioning, and site restoration. |
Add an independent BESS owner to the data center & large load power team.
Let’s discuss the site, target load, energization schedule, utility, and operating constraint. EIP Storage will help define a storage solution and commercial structure aligned with the project’s power strategy.