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  "path": "/article/4134042/ecl-targets-ai-data-centers-with-fuel-agnostic-power-platform.html",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-18T17:56:43.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Artificial Intelligence, Data Center, Data Center Design",
    "Modular data center",
    "power-agnostic platform",
    "data centers",
    "launched two years ago",
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  "textContent": "Modular data center vendor ECL has announced ECL FlexGrid, a power-agnostic platform designed to support everything from training clusters to inferencing at the edge.\n\nBy supporting data centers that use a variety of power sources, FlexGrid enables operators to deploy their compute gear anywhere, including close to users and data sources, even where grid power and hydrogen are not readily available.\n\nECL launched two years ago with the promise of hydrogen powered modular data centers that used no local water or power and were completely off the grid. With FlexGrid, the company is expanding its power sources to include natural gas, renewables and even diesel into a single, reliable AC or DC power feed for the data center, according to ECL.\n\nThe idea is to let customers to start with modest grid connections in the 2–10 MW range and scale to 20–25 MW of available capacity per edge site by layering in additional sources of power.\n\n“Hydrogen was an important starting point for ECL, but it was never the end state,” said Yuval Bachar, founder and CEO of ECL in a statement. “We built our patents and architecture around the idea that power should be flexible. You should be able to plug in hydrogen where it’s abundant, natural gas where it’s ubiquitous, renewables where they are competitive, and still deliver the same high-quality power to the data hall. FlexGrid is how we take that vision to market and put ECL at the center of the AI inferencing tornado.”\n\nWhile ECL is quite capable of supporting large scale data centers in large cities, its emphasis is on remote locations that might not have access to power and water needed to operate.\n\nPower availability has become a gating factor for many data center projects, particularly where developers need larger connections or rapid delivery. Grid constraints can also influence where operators place compute for low-latency AI workloads.\n\n“Inference has to live close to people, data and applications, in and around major cities, smaller metros and industrial hubs where there is rarely a spare 50 or 100 megawatts sitting on the grid, and almost never a mature hydrogen ecosystem,” said Bachar.\n\nIn typical data center design, the facilities are planned around 1 energy source, be it electrical grid, solar and other renewables, or diesel generated. All require different layouts and designs. One design does not fit all power sources. FlexGrid lets the data center use any power source it wants and switch to a new source without requiring a redesign of the facilities.",
  "title": "ECL targets AI data centers with fuel-agnostic power platform"
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