Zeo Energy, Ewyze partner for data center microgrid development
Solar and long-duration energy storage (LDES) provider Zeo Energy Corp. has entered into an agreement with South African energy intelligence firm Ewyze Corp. to develop off-grid microgrids for AI data centers.
Announced Sept. 22, the move comes in response to the rapid expansion of AI technology across the U.S., and the inherent power needs that come along with that expansion. The partnership intends to focus mainly on the U.S. market, but will include “selected international markets” when favorable conditions arise.
“Entering into this cooperation with Ewyze represents an important and strategic step in Zeo’s evolution toward larger-scale renewable energy and power infrastructure opportunities,” says Zeo CEO Timothy Bridgewater. “The demand for AI-capable compute infrastructure — and the power required to run it — is growing faster than traditional grid systems can accommodate.
“We believe Ewyze’s integrated model, combining off-grid microgrids with data-center development, positions the partnership to address one of the most significant infrastructure bottlenecks of our time.”
As of 2026, Ewyze has developed about 1.7 GW worth of renewable energy solutions internationally. Now, the company is focusing heavily on integrating off-grid power and data center energy infrastructure, aiming to strike the hottest market where the demand for power is greatest.
Cutting out the middle man
As traditional grid infrastructure struggles to keep up with the booming power demand of the data center sector, project interconnection wait times are far from helping, Zeo Energy says. Company officials say these wait times can stretch up to a decade, which makes grid-connected power for data centers functionally useless, if not outright impossible.
“The artificial intelligence revolution is fundamentally a power challenge,” says Svante Kumlin, CEO of Ewyze. “AI workloads demand vast amounts of reliable, cost-effective energy, and the existing grid simply cannot deliver it at the speed or scale the market requires. Ewyze was built to solve exactly that problem — by developing the full infrastructure stack from the ground up, integrating renewable generation, battery storage and data-center assets into a single, coherent platform.
Ewyze’s differentiated model directly addresses this energy gridlock, co-developing data center infrastructure alongside dedicated microgrid projects for each site. The company has integrated solar energy generation and battery storage with a tertiary power source, including natural gas and geothermal power, with Zeo’s public market platform.
The two companies say their collaboration will last across a given project’s entire developmental lifecycle, including site identification and acquisition of land.
“This cooperation with Zeo provides the market access and strategic framework to bring these projects to scale,” Kumlin adds, “with a strong focus on the United States, where the opportunity is most immediate.”
