“Scale Microgrids ... built on site, on customer premise, both in the data center space and also in heavy industrial space ... contract its generation at a strong price for a very long time period”

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Build on-site solar, battery and gas generation plants on customer premises for data centers and heavy industry, selling long-term take-or-pay power contracts

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