The deal paves the way for Form Energy to raise a new funding round before potentially going public next year.

Form Energy's iron-air batteries will store wind and solar power to keep the data center running 24/7.

As AI's energy demands surge, Google is backing an unexpected breakthrough that uses rust to reimagine how massive batteries ...

Form Energy will supply iron-air batteries for the 300 MW/30 GWh deployment, which the parties say will bolster Xcel’s Upper Midwest grid with cost-effective multiday energy storage.

Google announced this week it’s developing a new data center complex south of Minneapolis to be powered by a practical utopia of clean energy: lots of wind, solar, and, notably, the world’s largest ...

A Minnesota-based Google data center will have some backup from a local source. According to officials, Form Energy will deploy a 300-megawatt and 30 gigawatt-hour multi-day iron air battery system to ...

Google has agreed to back a large-scale iron-air battery system to supply power for a data center in Minnesota, a deal that routes an unusual energy storage technology into one of the most electricity ...

As the physical footprint and commercial reach of Form Energy continues to grow, local officials are reacting to the company’s latest news of opportunity. Form Energy officials announced Tuesday an ...

The system is intended to support a data center without driving up electricity costs for existing homes and businesses.

Since it launched nine years ago, next-generation battery developer Form Energy has faced a single skeptical question: Do businesses really need a battery that lasts 100 hours or longer?

The CEC approved funding to build a long-duration energy storage project today similar to the one shown above. Source: Form Energy. The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved a $30 million ...