Piq Energy Report Finds Home Batteries Could Ease Data Center Grid Limits

Piq Energy's report shows that coordinated home batteries can alleviate transmission overloads caused by large electricity loads, such as a 100 MW data center near Fort Worth, Texas. Using an agentic AI platform, Piq and Base Power demonstrated that targeted battery dispatch can resolve grid constraints, highlighting the potential for residential batteries to support grid capacity for AI data centers.