Renewable Energy Integrated Hybrid Power Architecture for Sustainable Data Centers
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https://doi.org/10.65150/EP-gjetr/V2E7/2026-04Keywords:
Hybrid power systems, data center sustainability, renewable energy integration, battery energy storage system (BESS), source-switching optimization, power usage effectiveness (PUE),, uninterruptible power supply (UPS), solar photovoltaic (PV), smart grid, energy resilience, Tier III/IV uptime, levelized cost of energy (LCOE), carbon emission reduction, fault-tolerant architecture.Abstract
This paper discusses a hybrid energy architectural model of integrating renewable energy into building sustainable medium- to large-scale data centers. The proposed system consists of a variety of supply sources including solar photovoltaic (PV), battery energy storage systems (BESS), uninterruptible power supply (UPS), utility grid connection, and diesel back-up that combine to provide the means to improve reliability, costs, and the sustainability of energy used to operate the data centers in question.
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