As a recent NEMA press release stated, the United States is the center of global AI research and development, and the massive data centers that support our dominance consume vast amounts of electricity. The latest NEMA standards help address this challenge by setting clear performance expectations for battery energy storage systems (BESS) to help data center developers and other end users make informed decisions about which BESS products to deploy to improve reliability and resiliency and promote economic development.
The BESS Performance Testing and Measurements Standard defines consistent methods for evaluating key BESS performance specifications to allow easier evaluation and selection of products and to enable users to choose the storage system that best meets their needs. Users of this standard include data center developers, manufacturers, consumers, businesses, utilities, policy makers, researchers, and analysts.
“The upcoming NEMA study projects that electricity demand in U.S. data centers will double, or perhaps triple, by 2030,” said Patrick Hughes, senior vice president of technical affairs at NEMA. “If the United States wants to lead the world in AI, we need tools like energy storage that will help create a reliable supply of electricity to power new data centers. NEMA’s Performance Testing and Measurement Standard will provide uniform performance specifications for BESS to ensure optimal system performance , enhancing reliability, and supporting the American economy.
You can read more about the standard on the NEMA website.
