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walthamstow • today at 11:15 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

Presumably this is only capacity connected to the grid, and doesn't include isolated data centre builds?

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origini • today at 11:34 AM

I was snobby and looked up the numbers because I didn't think this is relevant. But it is.

Space-Tesla installed 3 GWh in 2026 alone.

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Someone • today at 11:38 AM

https://seia.org/research-resources/energy-storage-market-ou...:

- The utility-scale market continued underpin growth, with 18 GWh installed, largely supported by seven gigawatt scale projects. Arizona installed over 6.2 GWh of utility scale projects, the largest quarterly deployment for any state in history.

- In the BTM space, residential storage added 657 MWh and commercial and industrial (C&I) added 1.8 GWh, largely on the back of demand from data centers.

⇒ it includes data centers