--- title: How a data center company uses stranded renewable energy description: Data center company Soluna addresses the problem of stranded renewable energy, where 30-40% of wind and solar power goes unused due to grid capacity... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-a-data-center-company-uses-stranded-renewable-energy-cqbnoe9iz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How a data center company uses stranded renewable energy | daily.dev og:description: Data center company Soluna addresses the problem of stranded renewable energy, where 30-40% of wind and solar power goes unused due to grid capacity... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-a-data-center-company-uses-stranded-renewable-energy-cqbnoe9iz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CqbnOe9iz.png og:image:alt: How a data center company uses stranded renewable energy og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How a data center company uses stranded renewable energy **[Ars Technica](https://daily.dev/sources/arstechnica)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Data center company Soluna addresses the problem of stranded renewable energy, where 30-40% of wind and solar power goes unused due to grid capacity limitations and transmission constraints. As AI and cryptocurrency drive surging power demand, data center developers are increasingly adopting onsite power generation to bypass grid connection delays, with over a third expected to use onsite power by 2030. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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