Big Tech Is Buying Batteries That Last for Days, Not Hours

Form Energy's battery orders quadrupled to 80 GWh in 2026. Google is spending $1 billion on a 30 GWh battery for a Minnesota data center; Crusoe ordered 12 GWh. These iron-air batteries can power facilities for 100 hours straight — filling multi-day gaps when wind and solar go quiet, something today's standard batteries cannot do.