A company co-founded by the son of Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell plans to build and install tens of thousands of batteries in residential backyards — as the expansion of artificial intelligence data centers puts increased demand on power grids.
Energy startup Base Power, co-founded by Zach Dell and Justin Lopas, is installing batteries at homes in Texas and parts of Chicago that can be used when electricity demand spikes. The company acts as a retail power provider — it can feed energy to the grid during periods of high demand or provide backup power during outages.
