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Data center construction continues booming across the U.S. as demand for AI, cloud services, and digital infrastructure climbs, even in areas historically considered high-risk for hurricanes and flooding. As utilities struggle to scale transmission capacity fast enough to keep up, the industry is increasingly turning toward alternative power solutions and resilient design to support demand growth.
Enchanted Rock delivers reliable, low-emission power to businesses, critical infrastructure, and entire communities that depend on uninterrupted operations. The company’s natural-gas microgrids provide full-facility backup power, support long-duration outages, and help customers avoid the operational and financial risks associated with grid instability.
Rapid growth in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and digital infrastructure is driving an unprecedented surge in electricity demand from data centers.The challenge is substantial but workable through a more flexible approach that includes distributed generation and other rapidly deployable resources.
Baton Rouge General, in partnership with Entergy Louisiana’s Power Through program and Enchanted Rock, celebrated a major milestone today with the activation of whole-facility generators at its Bluebonnet and Mid City campuses. The new system significantly improves the hospital’s ability to deliver uninterrupted care during hurricanes, grid disruptions and other outage emergencies.
From hurricanes and heat waves to cyber threats and grid strain, Houston faces growing challenges that threaten essential services. At a roundtable hosted by the Houston Business Journal and Enchanted Rock, leaders from healthcare, utilities, transportation, and manufacturing shared how they’re preparing for what’s next.
So far, our Diesel Dilemma series has covered the weather, truck math, supply chain, and the logistics footprint of diesel backup power for large loads. But after exploring those potential roadblocks, there’s one more threat to your resiliency plan that’s often overlooked: supplier reliability during a crisis. You may have contracts, retainers, and “priority” service agreements. But let’s talk about what loyalty looks like when the region is in turmoil, and everyone is calling for diesel deliveries at the same time to replenish onsite storage when it runs dry.
If you’ve ever tried to lock in guaranteed fuel supply during a regional crisis, you quickly learn that contracts and promises mean very little when the entire map is red. And that reality comes into sharp focus when you start looking at what it actually takes to store and move diesel fuel onsite.
Diesel backup for a 500 MW data center is tricky enough on its own and practically impossible to manage even when the weather cooperates. Diesel backup gets significantly more complex when you look beyond your facility’s gate and into the regional supply chain. Even if your site can handle 200+ truck deliveries in a short resupply window, the question becomes: can your suppliers secure the diesel fuel you need?