Battery Energy Storage System · BESS
Large battery installation buffering power transients and bridging outages at the facility level.
Current numbers
NFPA 855stationary energy-storage fire code governing BESS separation, siting & suppression
~400 J/GPUreported on-rack energy storage on Vera Rubin (~6× GB300), per BESS-for-AI guidance
~400 J/GPUVera Rubin power-smoothing reservoir target; facility BESS roles for transient/ride-through/DR