Caterpillar to support multi-gigawatt data centre project in Utah

Caterpillar is among the partners involved in a massive, gigawatt-scale data centre campus proposed for Millard County, Utah in the US.

The project is being developed by Joule Capital Partners, with CAT dealer Wheeler Machinery also involved.

The campus would eventually provide 4GW of power to the region, including “groundbreaking prime power and integrated combined cooling heat and power (CCHP) solutions with a by-design liquid cooling architecture,” the companies said.

The project would be powered by a fleet of Caterpillar’s G3520K generator sets and support equipment, as well as 1.1GWh of battery storage.

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"Speed to market – No waiting on public utilities,” is what Joule touts on the project’s website.

“This project represents the core of Joule’s mission—to deliver artificial intelligence (AI) ready compute capacity by pairing world-class data center campuses with reliable, on-demand power,” said David Gray, president of Joule Capital Partners.

The campus, spanning 4,000 acres, could begin operating next year. A rezoning request to pave the way for the project was approved by the Millard County Commission this week.

Originally published by Kevin Clark on Power Engineering Factor This