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AVK Prime & microgrid power solutions
more sustainably, but now the data centre sector is looking to invest.
Data centre companies like AVK have already delivered these solutions, enabling data centres to integrate renewable energy sources like solar and wind while balancing reliability through HVO-powered generators or other sustainable fuels.
The company has spent the last two years transitioning away from using diesel to HVO for its standby power solutions. This required extensive collaboration with clients and suppliers to ensure a reliable HVO supply.
Company CEO Ben Pritchard told Data Centre Magazine in December 2024:“ Introducing microgrids into data centres and delivering them successfully allows us to turbocharge an initiative that was a success in the UK – but where they were building 10MW microgrids, we’ re building more than 100MW.
“ So we talk about that sustainable journey – we’ ve got a microgrid now that can run on future fuels, but we’ re also thinking about how we best utilise that microgrid in the future to start really solving the energy issues that we see.”
“WE’ RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT HOW WE BEST UTILISE THAT MICROGRID IN THE FUTURE”
BEN PRITCHARD, CEO, AVK
206 July 2025