Active Power, a designer and manufacturer of continuous power solutions and critical backup power systems, has announced that it has received an order from HP for two containerized continuous power systems which will be deployed at a datacenter facility in Texas for supporting the HP POD 240a.

“The PowerHouse solution enables datacenter customers to support IT capacity at very high efficiencies which result in significant energy savings,” said Martin Olsen, vice president and general manager at Active Power, in a release.

“We’re also able to deploy critical power infrastructure onsite in a matter of months compared to a conventional build which could take up to a year or more. This is due to the fact PowerHouse is factory built and tested prior to deployment to the site similar to the HP POD 240a.”

The two PowerHouse systems, rated at 960 kW and featuring Active Power’s high efficiency flywheel-based CleanSource (News - Alert) UPS or uninterruptible power supply system; switchgear and monitoring and controls software, form part of a complete modular datacenter and infrastructure deployment which will be ready for shipping by end this year, according to Active Power.

Company sources added that these systems will be able to offer power conditioning and protection to the HP POD 240a, an energy efficient modular datacenter that houses servers, storage, networking equipment, and other resources.

In July, Active Power received a multimillion dollar order for two PowerHouse systems from one of its strategic IT partners. The deployment will support the IT partner’s containerized datacenters, enabling the end user, a global manufacturer of oil and gas drilling products, to add additional capacity.

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