Ambrosia Energy will build a 10 GWh factory in Texas to make batteries for off-grid data centers
Startup Ambrosia Energy will build a massive factory to crank out batteries to augment solar panels, creating a round-the-clock clean power plant.
Ambrosia Energy, co-founded by Ben Longmier and Sara Spangelo, is constructing a 10 gigawatt-hour battery factory near Austin, Texas, as announced at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco. This facility will enable the company to construct around 300 megawatts of power per year at their field sites, with full production expected within two to three years.
Ambrosia, which emerged from stealth mode in June, aims to produce power plants for data centers at a cost of $100 per megawatt hour. The startup's power model relies on solar panels and batteries, providing uninterrupted energy to data centers day and night, even during cloudy periods. Longmier and Spangelo previously co-founded Swarm, a satellite constellation company, which was acquired by SpaceX.
Ambrosia is now set to begin work on its first commercial power plant in West Texas, featuring 300 megawatts of solar panels and 660 megawatt-hours of batteries, capable of delivering 30 megawatts of continuous power with a target of 99.3% uptime. The company has already achieved over 100 days of continuous operation in the pilot-scale power plant, generating 200 kilowatts of electricity around the clock.
To reach its cost targets, Ambrosia has focused on simplifying components, such as solar mounts and battery packs, and manufacturing many parts in-house, reducing the part count by a factor of about 100 compared to competitors.
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