BESS Weekly: hyperscaler demand lands on a mid-size public utility

Elevate Infrastructure brought 150MW/600MWh online in Virginia, the largest standalone BESS in PJM, next to data center alley, days after Cypress Creek Energy closed $3.5 billion on a solar-plus-storage build with an undisclosed tech offtaker.

AESC signed a three-year, 10GWh domestic content supply deal for Prevalon's platform, months after its Chinese parent sold the Tennessee cell factory to US startup FIXX Energy to clear OBBBA's FEOC rules.

Salt River Project had a busy June: Aypa Power brought 250MW/1,000MWh online in Mesa's data center corridor on a 20-year toll, and SRP signed a Google-funded 19MW/190MWh Energy Dome CO2 Battery alongside it.