Home Batteries to Power AI Data Centers: 16 GW VPP Push by Tesla, Sunrun, Renew Home

Tesla, Sunrun, and Renew Home unveiled a plan to pool hundreds of thousands of home batteries, smart thermostats, and other devices into a 16 GW virtual power plant to serve data centers, with about 300 MW deployable today in Virginia and potential growth in PJM; the 16 GW figure is a theoretical capacity and real deployment will depend on enrollments, utility approvals, and signed commitments, but the approach seeks to curb peak-grid costs by leveraging existing assets instead of new infrastructure.