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Excited to share my contribution to the latest @Volta Foundation AI Data Center Infrastructure Committee Insights Paper. 📄 Download here: https://lnkd.in/g6Vv9qMK AI data centers don't just need more power — they need a fundamentally different kind of power management. Working alongside battery, grid, and data center experts over the past several months, our committee tackled the question that the industry hasn't fully answered yet: where does BESS actually win in next-generation data center applications? One finding that stands out: the dominant challenge in hyperscale AI training facilities is not power availability — it's power quality at millisecond timescales. GPU clusters running tens of thousands of chips create synchronized load oscillations that can physically damage grid infrastructure, and rack-level DC backup units were never designed to solve this. The architecture that addresses it is facility-level grid-forming BESS — deployed outside the data center and managing power fluctuation at the building load level. This is exactly the problem Lyten's Voltpack Mobile System (VMS) is built for: real-time stabilization of extreme AI load fluctuations, extended backup beyond what rack-level systems provide, and full grid ride-through compliance — capabilities that conventional BESS architectures simply don't deliver. If you are working on AI data center infrastructure, grid reliability, or next-generation energy storage, this paper is worth your time. #BESS #EnergyStorage #AIDataCenters #GridFormingBESS #LithiumSulfur #Lyten #VoltaFoundation

Modovolo, maker of the BFP modular 3D printing platform for aerospace and defense-grade drones, just selected Lyten's PA1205 as its primary filament. Why? Breakthrough materials science. PA1205 is enhanced with Lyten 3D Graphene™, our proprietary carbon supermaterial, engineered to solve the strength-to-weight tradeoffs that have limited additive manufacturing for years. "We selected Lyten's filaments for our BFP platform after an exhaustive search for high-performance materials," said Justin Call, Modovolo CEO and Co-Founder. "Lyten's PA1205 enables us to print stronger and lighter parts while maintaining a better print finish and speed vs competing products. Lyten's filaments are an integral part of our product roadmap." The numbers behind that decision of Lyten filament vs. carbon fiber alternatives: +100% X-Y axis tensile strength +40% Z-axis tensile strength +50% impact resistance …and with faster print speeds, minimal warping, and no loss of dimensional accuracy. This is what Lyten's proprietary 3D Graphene was built to do: unlock performance that wasn't possible before, without asking customers to trade off speed, weight, quality, or reliability to get it. Bonus: Both Lyten’s PA1205 filament and Modovolo's BFP printer are built in the USA for supply chain resilience. Read the full release: https://lnkd.in/g6-xVi-r #Lyten #3DGraphene #Modovolo #Drones #3DPrinting #Aerospace #Defense #AdditiveManufacturing #UAV #MadeInUSA

The story of modern engineering is partly a story of glue. In less than a century, structural adhesives went from an untested wartime experiment to the invisible bond holding together cars, aircraft, electronics and machines across the globe. Before adhesives, engineers joining materials had three options: bolts, rivets, and welds, each of which add weight and major stress points to critical structures. In 1941, Norman de Bruyne and the de Havilland Aircraft Company set out to do better: join dissimilar materials into a structure light enough to fly and strong enough to survive flight loads. Their answer was the first synthetic adhesive, tested on the wooden de Havilland Mosquito, then on metal in the Hornet, the first structurally bonded metal aircraft. Within a decade, bonding was standard across aerospace. (Read more: https://lnkd.in/gwtRiWXY) Since then, structural adhesives have spread far beyond aerospace, into #automotive, #rail, #electronics, #renewables, and industrial #manufacturing. The widespread adoption came down to several advantages, but a structural one stands out; a bonded joint spreads load across a whole surface instead of concentrating it at a hole, joining metal to composite without cracking either, and saving weight where every gram counts. But structural adhesives often hit the same wall: #heat. As joints continue to move closer to engines, battery packs, and exhaust zones, conventional epoxies soften and fail at exactly the temperatures they are needed most.   That is the problem Lyten set out to solve with Adhesive 6120HT, a high-temperature structural epoxy that uses our proprietary supermaterials to bring thermal stability, bond strength, and weight savings to critical applications. Read the story of how 6120HT holds its strength where others fail in the full application brief: https://lnkd.in/gy9AsSsh   #StructuralAdhesives #MaterialsScience #Lightweighting #Engineering #Lyten #Glue #Aircraft #History

Gartner's latest forecast quantifies the constraint now shaping AI infrastructure: power. Global data center electricity consumption is projected to reach 565 TWh in 2026, up 26% from 447 TWh in 2025. Power demand is expected to rise from 104 GW to 132 GW this year, and to reach 290 GW by 2030.   The growth is concentrated in one segment: + AI-optimized servers are forecast to consume 175 TWh in 2026, up about 84 percent year over year. + Conventional server consumption stays nearly flat, near 195 TWh. + By 2027, AI-optimized servers are expected to draw more power than conventional servers.   Gartner's analysts point to power availability, not compute, as the factor now limiting AI capacity. Grid supply alone will not meet the load growth ahead. That moves on-site generation, storage, and firm behind-the-meter power to the center of data center planning.   This is the gap Lyten is building for, with integrated power management and energy storage systems that deliver fast-deployed, dispatchable power at the point of demand.   Read the article: https://lnkd.in/gwTTfm-c   #DataCenters #AIInfrastructure #GridReliability #EnergyStorage #BESS #Lyten #Power #AI

PRESS RELEASE: Lyten 3D Printing Filament Now Available Through 3DSHQ, an Official Lyten Reseller. 3DSHQ is now an official Lyten reseller, with Lyten PA1205 filament available on their website following its first stocking order. Based in St. Charles, Missouri, 3DSHQ serves makers, educators, and businesses with 3D printers, filament, supplies, training, and technical support. The additional channel expands customer access to Lyten PA1205, a nylon-based additive manufacturing filament reinforced with Lyten #3DGraphene.   "PA1205 was developed to bring a breakthrough level of strength, toughness, and printability to nylon-based additive manufacturing," said Bryce Anzelmo, VP of Composites at Lyten. "3DSHQ is a great partner to help bring that performance to more engineers, designers, and professional users."    PA1205 delivers strong structural performance across the X, Y, and Z axes, making it a fit for motorsports, aerospace, robotics, UAV, and industrial applications where parts need to perform in demanding environments.    Lyten PA1205 is available now through 3DSHQ at https://lnkd.in/giZux8Jn   Read the full press release: https://lnkd.in/gduMNsi6   #AdditiveManufacturing #3DPrinting #Lyten #Filaments #AdvancedMaterials 

New analysis from ESI Africa examines the role of #BatteryStorage in meeting Africa's electrification goals. The COP31 Presidency's proposed target, Known as the 35×35 target, aims to raise electricity's share of final energy demand to 35% by 2035, but the continent's electricity access has grown just 2% annually over the past 13 years against a required 8.7%.   Two deployment models stand out. Mali's Fekola gold mine pairs a 30MW solar array with 17MW of battery storage, now covering 70% of daytime demand and reducing reliance on diesel generators. South Africa's Red Sands facility, at 153MW, is the continent's largest battery storage project, built through more than $2 billion in public-private financing.   The article notes regulatory gaps as a key barrier: battery energy storage is often taxed as both a generation and demand asset, and lacks a clear route to market for grid-stabilizing services. Distributed #storage paired with #renewables offers a path to reliable power that does not depend on centralized grid buildout, an approach relevant to Lyten's work in energy storage for grid and microgrid applications.   Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/dWwTycp7 #EnergyStorage #Africa #EnergyAccess #Microgrids #Electrification #EnergyTransition #DistributedPower #Lyten #VMS

When record-breaking heat waves hit the eastern US this month, the region's largest grid operator only avoided a new all-time demand record by paying its biggest customers to power down. The grid serving the mid-Atlantic, PJM, hit its second-highest demand ever on July 2, reaching 162 GW, according to E&E News. PJM stayed under its 2006 record of 165 GW only because it paid large customers to cut their #power use. New York and New England asked customers to conserve as temperatures topped 100 degrees. The way PJM survived reveals the real problem. Grid operators had only two options when demand spiked. The first option was to burn more fossil generation, which is not a scalable solution. The second option was to pay or force large customers to stop using power; the DOE even authorized PJM to switch data centers onto backup generators as a last resort. Neither option adds capacity; both ration power that already exists. Energy storage is one way to add capacity instead of rationing it. A battery charges during cheap off-peak hours and discharges into the peak, when the grid is short. On-site, that same approach lets a facility run on energy storage power during a system peak, rather than getting curtailed, running a diesel generator, or paying steep demand charges for grid power. With heat waves like these, grids and large energy users need a way to meet peak demand without burning more fuel or shutting down. Energy storage is one such way. Read the full article from E&E News: https://lnkd.in/eVbVtTz8 #EnergyStorage #BatteryStorage #GridReliability #DataCenters #Grid #Lyten #ClimateResilience #VMS #Batteries #PeakShaving #EnergyTransition #Electrification

The US Navy is testing a shift in how it maintains aircraft at the edge: flight-testing 3D-printed composite parts directly on operational F/A-18 Super Hornets. According to a recent article, the goal is to give forward deployment sites the capability to manufacture advanced composite patches on-site rather than grounding aircraft to wait for replacement panels to travel through thousands of miles of logistics chains. The approach is projected to cut composite repair times by roughly 50%.   Advanced composites have traditionally been notoriously difficult to service without specialized, depot-level infrastructure. By using additive manufacturing to produce structural patches on-site, the Navy is effectively moving the manufacturing capability directly to the tactical edge—shifting from an extended supply chain model to a self-sufficient, on-demand framework that directly improves operational readiness. This highlights the broader trajectory of additive manufacturing in defense: it is no longer just about quick prototyping or non-structural brackets. It is moving into heavy-duty, qualified composite components designed to withstand real-world operational stresses.   In both defense and industrial settings, true supply chain resilience comes down to advanced materials that can be distributed, printed, and deployed right where the demand is.   Read the full piece on Tom's Hardware: https://lnkd.in/gVuhNTEi #AdditiveManufacturing #3DPrinting #DefenseTech #Aerospace #AdvancedMaterials #Composites #Lyten #SupplyChainResilience

A California school district is combining solar, battery storage, and EV charging into a single islandable #microgrid. According to pv magazine USA, Porterville Unified School District in California is building 763 kW of parking lot solar canopies with a 1,632 kWh battery energy storage system, allowing them to island the site from the Southern California Edison grid during outages or peak demand. The system will power 35 EV fast charging ports for the district's electric school bus fleet, with two ports configured for vehicle-to-grid discharge. The project points to a broader pattern in distributed energy: #solar, #storage, and #EV charging are increasingly deployed as one integrated system rather than separate additions. #BatteryStorage is what allows a site like this to shift from grid-dependent to grid-resilient, absorbing solar generation and smoothing the high, simultaneous loads that fleet charging creates. As EV fleets and on-site generation scale across schools, campuses, and commercial sites, distributed storage systems built for these dynamic load profiles will be central to making the transition work without straining local grids. Read the full article from pv magazine USA: https://lnkd.in/gMBXn2bP #EnergyStorage #Microgrid #EVCharging #GridResilience #ESS #Lyten #DistributedPower #Batteries #EnergyIndependence #BatteryStorage

New simulation research adds evidence that grid-forming battery energy storage systems can hold utility-scale solar plants stable through severe grid disturbances, according to ESS News.   Researchers from Jordan modeled a 100 MW solar PV plant paired with a 35 MW / 60 MWh BESS using a virtual synchronous machine controller. Under a 50 percent drop in PV output, frequency deviation stayed within about 1 Hz and recovered in under half a second. During a permanent three-phase fault, the system remained stable even as voltage fell to 0.7 to 0.8 per unit, with reactive power support helping the plant ride through the event. Performance held across a wide range of grid strengths, from weak grids to strong ones.   As #solar and #storage displace conventional generators that once supplied grid inertia by default, that inertia has to come from somewhere else. Grid-forming control is one of the clearer paths to replacing it, giving inverter-based resources the ability to set voltage and frequency rather than simply follow them.    Lyten's energy storage solutions are built around the same principle: battery storage doing more than storing energy, and also now actively supporting grid stability as inverter-based resources make up a larger share of electrical generation.   More to come...follow Lyten and read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gt_q6QDZ #GridForming #ESS #EnergyStorage #BatteryEnergyStorage #Lithiumion #Lyten #VMS #Renewables #Grid