Data centres are a credible near-term offtaker for clean hydrogen: start with diesel-to-fuel-cell back-up, then scale toward islanded/microgrid operation—potentially consuming up to a quarter of Europe’s expected 2030 clean H₂ output under a “back-up + grid interaction” pathway if adoption is wide. Hydrogen Europe explains how fuel cells and clean H₂ can relieve Europe’s grid-connection crunch for AI-era data centres—initially […]
