Featured in Powering AI – 03-2026

Off-grid and on-site

As the buildout of data centers in the United States accelerates, developers are often targeting remote locations where land availability is high. Off-grid solar paired with batteries offers an opportunity to power data centers in areas that would otherwise not have access to dependable utility infrastructure.

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Patrick Jowett

02 Mar 2026

Battery energy storage system (BESS) specialist FFD Power is deploying a customized solar-plus-storage solution for a US cryptocurrency-mining infrastructure company that will power a data center entirely off-grid in the desert of southern Nevada. FFD Power CEO Ang Li spoke to pv magazine about how the company is overcoming the challenges associated with deploying an off-grid system in a remote desert location. | Image: FFD Power

FFD Power has been contracted to build an off-grid solar-plus-storage solution in Tonopah, Nevada. Headquartered in Dongguan, China, the BESS provider specializes in modular, string-based, all-in-one cabinet solutions. The client, TeslaWatt, is a Nevada-based company that operates data center infrastructure for cryptocurrency mining. FFD Power is deploying a customized system that will comprise a 215 kWh …

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