Data Center World 2025

Power demand for data centers is growing exponentially, but so is the need for power reliability and access to uninterruptible clean power. Anna Pavlova, Senior Vice President of Strategy, Market Development, and Sustainability at CarbonQuest, will describe how data centers could procure reliable onsite power via CHP or fuel cells and reduce their carbon footprint with bolt-on modular carbon capture systems.

Data centers today are being built in a wide range of sizes and with varying energy capacities; CarbonQuest's carbon capture technology can support data centers ranging from 15-100MW to decarbonize their power in real time. Their bolt-on Distributed Carbon Capture system can capture all of the data center's CO2 before it is released into the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas. Importantly, this captured CO2 can then be used to support a green circular economy; carbon offtakers that require CO2 for their operations can utilize the CO2 and reduce their Scope 3 emissions.

The session will also focus on the potential to generate carbon credits from these projects, as well as some of the policy and market barriers surrounding technologies that can support data center decarbonization.

Takeaway

Understand why using onsite distributed power generation, such as natural-gas-powered fuel cells and combined heat and power (CHP) systems, is a practical approach for data centers to ensure reliable, 24/7 power.

Learn how combining carbon capture solutions with distributed power generation systems can effectively reduce data center emissions, and be cost-effective in certain regions (especially on the Western grid).

Explore the policies needed to incentivize the use of carbon capture for data centers, and the importance of supporting a circular carbon economy through CO2 end-users.