Vertiv is adding ZincFive’s nickel-zinc (NiZn) batteries to its uninterruptible power supply (UPS) offerings.
Vertiv will add the ZincFive BC Series UPS Battery Cabinets to its portfolio of battery systems available for data center backup power. The batteries are compatible with select large and medium Vertiv UPS, including the recently launched Trinergy offering.
The ZincFive BC Series UPS Battery Cabinets are now available from Vertiv in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa, and have already been deployed at several sites. The ZincFive BC cabinets have backward and forward compatibility with megawatt-class UPS inverters.
ZincFive's CEO and co-founder, Tim Hysell, said: "Our relentless commitment to innovation shines through our powerful, safe, and reliable nickel-zinc battery technology. The BC Series represents an ideal solution to meet the evolving demands of data centers, both today and in the future. Furthermore, the importance of sustainability in data center backup battery systems is on the rise, aligning perfectly with the shared values of ZincFive, our partners, and our customers. We are dedicated to minimizing carbon emissions and operational expenses without compromising on safety or performance."
“Vertiv and ZincFive want to enable reliable and efficiently operated data centers around the world, providing greater access to data, with less waste and greater energy efficiency,” added Vertiv senior director of energy storage, Milind Paranjape. “Vertiv has already deployed the ZincFive product at several sites for major data center companies.”
ZincFive has been promoting nickel-zinc batteries for more than ten years and recently claimed more than 1GW worth of deployments. The company says its nickel-zinc batteries offer a small footprint, minimal maintenance, and high reliability, without the danger of thermal runaway.
While lithium-ion batteries are criticized for their potential danger due to thermal runaway, which has caused serious fires, including an outage in December 2022 that brought down South Korea's Kakao Talk social media application, nickel-zinc batteries are claimed to have minimal maintenance requirements, and no danger of thermal runaway, while providing high reliability for mission-critical data centers.
Data center firm Corscale has been using ZincFive’s nickel-zinc batteries at its Gainesville Crossing data center campus in Northern Virginia since 2022. Wyoming Hyperscale is also using ZincFive.
ABB has previously added ZincFive’s batteries to its UPS offering.
