The latest incarnation of APR Energy (following its recent buy out by Fortress Investment Group) is deploying four mobile gas turbines providing  100MW+ of dedicated behind-the-meter power to a major U.S.-based AI hyperscaler.

Securing power solutions from local utilities has become a challenge for data center expansion. APR Energy’s mobile gas turbine fleet offers a fast and flexible alternative that can accelerate a data center developer’s project timeline and scalability.

The gas turbines being deployed are part of a portfolio of power generation assets owned by funds managed by affiliates of Fortress (Fortress recently acquired the 850 MW power generation portfolio from APR Energy, a subsidiary of Atlas Corporation). Duostech is overseeing the management and deployment of the assets.

The new version of APR Energy, through an asset management agreement with Duostech, is led by members of the former APR Energy management team who successfully installed and operated over 1.5GW of fast power between 2016 and 2020.

Chuck Ferry, the Chairman and CEO for APR Energy and CEO at Duostech said, “We are excited to deploy New APR Energy’s first 100MW to a U.S.-based data center. This deployment is a good proof point for our investment thesis for Behind-the-Meter power demand. We are currently in discussions with many other data center operators and hyperscalers seeking similar support and expect to announce more deployments in the coming weeks.”

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