‘Flexibility-as-a-Service’ Gains U.S. Foothold With New Voltus–Octopus Partnership
Key Takeaway
This partnership introduces a significant aggregated demand-side flexibility solution to help large power consumers, particularly data centers, manage their rapidly growing AI-driven loads across key U.S. markets.
AI Summary
- •Voltus and Octopus Energy are partnering to aggregate residential flexibility, offering Flexibility-as-a-Service (FaaS) and Bring Your Own Capacity (BYOC) solutions.
- •The initiative targets four major U.S. power markets: PJM, MISO, New York, and California.
- •This partnership directly aims to help data centers, utilities, and grid operators manage accelerating AI-driven load growth by leveraging demand-side flexibility.
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Virtual power plant operator Voltus and energy firm Octopus Energy will partner to aggregate residential flexibility across four major power markets—PJM, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), New York, and California—to offer Flexibility-as-a-Service (FaaS) and Bring Your Own Capacity (BYOC) solutions. The effort will “help data centers, utilities, and grid operators manage accelerating AI-driven load growth,” […] The post ‘Flexibility-as-a-Service’ Gains U.S. Foothold With New Voltus–Octopus Partnership appeared first on POWER Magazine .