GoKawiilAmbrosia Energy starts building 10 GWh battery factory near Austin for data centers
Ambrosia Energy CEO Ben Longmier announced at TechCrunch Disrupt that the company has begun construction on a 10 gigawatt-hour battery factory near Austin, Texas, spanning 150,000 square feet. The plant is meant to support roughly 300 megawatts of power-plant capacity annually and is expected to reach full production within two to three years. Ambrosia is also starting its first commercial power plant in West Texas this year, pairing 300 MW of solar with 660 MWh of batteries to deliver 30 MW of continuous power.
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The move suggests Ambrosia is betting that vertically integrating battery manufacturing will let it hit its stated target of $100 per megawatt-hour, undercutting natural gas turbines many hyperscalers are considering for data center power. If the company's claims about uptime and cost hold at scale, it could offer a faster-to-deploy alternative to gas-fired power for off-grid data centers, though the technology has so far only been proven at a 200-kilowatt pilot scale.
- Ambrosia is building a 10 GWh, 150,000-square-foot battery factory near Austin, Texas.
- The company aims for full production in two to three years and is also starting a West Texas commercial plant combining 300 MW solar with 660 MWh batteries.
- Ambrosia says it can profitably deliver power at $100/MWh, competitive with natural gas turbines used by hyperscalers.
Source: techcrunch.com — Tim De Chant, 2026-10-14
Published there as: “Ambrosia Energy will build a 10 GWh factory in Texas to make batteries for off-grid data centers”
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