Feb 12, 2026 | Clarke Energy, Data Centres, News
by Alex Marshall There is frequent confusion of people familiar with diesel or gas engine operation, misunderstanding the meaning of two terms – “prime power” and “base-load” operation Although the two terms are sometimes used interchangeably in casual conversation,...
Feb 12, 2026 | Data Centres, News
by Alex Marshall, Clarke Energy As data centers scale to support AI workloads, cloud growth, and increasingly constrained grids, onsite power generation is shifting from a contingency measure to a core design decision. Gas engines, combined cooling, heat and power...
Feb 12, 2026 | Clarke Energy, Data Centres, News
by Alex Marshall As data centers grow larger, more distributed, and more tightly coupled to grid constraints, onsite generation is no longer just a backup strategy. Gas engines are increasingly being evaluated for base-load or prime power, grid-parallel operation, and...
Feb 12, 2026 | Clarke Energy, Data Centres, News
by A. Marshall, A. Wray-Summerson and V.Barran. From 99.9% to 99.999% Availability Data-center reliability is rarely a binary question of “does it work or not?” Instead, it is defined by explicit availability tiers – typically three nines (99.9%), four nines...
