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by weird-eye-issue 15 days ago
A lot would probably be an understatement. Aren't most batteries in data centers designed to just hold load for seconds or a few minutes at a time while generators start up?
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If the problem is an instant disconnect of a large load, switching that large load into charging batteries at that instant, for a minute or so, feels like a solution.
What?
Why is this confusing? Batteries are both generator and load. If the grid needs load to stabilize frequency and voltage, batteries can become loads instantly.
Oh, okay. I was confused because I was talking about batteries on the side of the data center.
Yeah, different batteries, different purposes.

Keeping the data center up is completely different from keeping the grid up.

Not only are the batteries too small; they're also on the wrong side of the disconnect.