Space on the grid – for AI and for everyone
The grid is only tight for a few hours at a time. A battery behind the meter covers those hours, so a data center can run more load without waiting years for a bigger connection.
Talk to usIn Germany's data center hubs, new grid capacity is running out. In Frankfurt, the local utility expects large new connections only from the mid-2030s. In Berlin, capacity is tight as well.
Operators who want to add AI racks today are stuck: the building is ready, the customers are ready – the grid connection is not.
Load is rarely at its peak. Most hours, there is headroom on the existing connection. A battery fills the gap only when it is needed.
We look at your load profile and your grid connection to see how much more you could run.
A storage block sits behind the meter and covers the few peak hours above the connection limit.
We take the design through German grid requirements and certification (VDE-AR-N 4110), together with the grid operator.
Pilot phase. We are looking for the first sites in Berlin and Frankfurt – existing data centers that want to grow but are capped by their grid connection.
The principle is already used elsewhere. In the US, Tesla presents "load shaping for flexible utility connection" as a battery use case for data centers, and utilities such as Portland General Electric connect data centers flexibly. Minkay brings this to German grid rules.
We are independent: not a battery manufacturer, not a power producer.
Janosch (Jay) Rixius, Founder, Berlin
janosch.rixius [at] minkay.eu · LinkedIn