Dutch data centre company NorthC has installed green hydrogen fuel cells at its facility in Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands.
This will make it the first European data centre to install hydrogen fuel cells for emergency power, according to NorthC, and aims to reduce CO2 emissions by replacing the diesel emergency power generators.
The 500KW hydrogen cell module will save tens of thousands of litres of diesel annually and more than 78,000 kilograms of CO2.
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Even though the cells are more expensive than traditional diesel generators, NorthC suggests the solution will become increasingly cost-competitive over…