en.Wedoany.com Reported - Virtual power plant (VPP) operator and distributed energy platform Voltus Inc. has signed a three-year agreement with Google to develop a scalable solution for data center capacity through a model called "Bring Your Own Capacity."

Voltus CEO Dana Guernsey stated that this collaboration helps customers save costs while connecting clean capacity to the grid, creating a model that other large-load customers can follow, thereby advancing the role of distributed energy as a large-scale capacity solution.

Under the agreement, Voltus will aggregate up to 100 MW of distributed energy resources—including batteries, smart thermostats, and other flexible assets—from local businesses and households annually, and inject them into a Google-funded virtual power plant located on the PJM grid in the United States. Voltus then pays participating customers for their contributions, converting Google's capacity needs into tangible benefits for PJM-connected customers. This 100 MW of daily power resources constitutes Google's distributed generation units. When demand peaks, smart software automatically dispatches power from thousands of devices to reduce peak load, with individual adjustments nearly imperceptible to PJM customers.

For large-scale energy demand, Voltus noted that traditional approaches require building significant new assets, taking years and billions of dollars in grid expansion investments, ultimately driving up consumer costs. An analysis by economic consulting firm Brattle Group shows that better utilization of existing energy assets could save U.S. consumers $100 billion over the next decade alone.

Against this backdrop, Voltus and Google are committed to creating a scalable blueprint for data center capacity across the industry. Michael Terrell, Google's Director of Global Advanced Energy, stated that Google has made its own data center demand flexible, unlocking 1 GW of demand response capacity. He emphasized that Google is committed to ensuring its energy growth translates into a more reliable and affordable electricity future for local communities, and looks forward to collaborating with Voltus to promote this innovative model, unlocking capacity to meet new data center growth demands.

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