300 kW fuel flexible engine arrives at Powerhouse
October 2025 | Back to Powerhouse Post
In October 2025, the Powerhouse Energy Campus received a 300 kW fuel flexible engine from 2G Energy. Once commissioned, the engine will demonstrate breakthrough technology for addressing a critical bottleneck in America’s AI infrastructure: efficient on-site power generation and high-efficiency cooling solutions.
Combined Cooling, Heat, and Power
The fuel flexible engine will be integrated with the turbo-compression cooling system (TCCS). The TCCS technology, developed at the Engines and Energy Conversion Lab over the last 10 years, will capture waste heat from the engine and provide cooling for the High-Powered Computing System coming to the Powerhouse
Meeting Power Generation Needs
By 2030, 27% of data centers will require on-site power, driven by explosive growth in AI computing demands. This integration unlocks additional computing capacity from the same fuel input—a crucial advantage as power availability becomes the limiting factor for AI development.
Leadership Team on Site
The engine arrival brings together the project’s key innovators:
- Derek Young – Lead engineer with 10 years on the project
- Todd Bandhauer, Ph.D.– Original technology inventor and Time100 Climate 2025