What is renewables & long-duration storage hardware?

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Who makes renewables for AI data centers

Solar, wind, geothermal, and hydro generation hardware, plus long-duration energy storage, contracted or co-located to supply data-center power.

This category covers the hardware behind renewable and long-duration storage generation — solar panels and inverters, wind turbines, geothermal drilling and plant equipment, hydro equipment, and long-duration storage systems — as distinct from the utilities and IPPs (Layer 8.07) that contract for their output. Renewables typically supply data centers either through power purchase agreements with grid-scale projects or, less commonly, through co-located generation, and they sit alongside gas, nuclear, and fusion (Layers 8.01–8.06) as one option in an operator's generation mix, usually paired with firm capacity to cover intermittency. Solar and wind hardware is comparatively commoditized and globally traded, with pricing set largely by global supply-demand rather than AI-specific dynamics, while long-duration storage and next-generation geothermal remain earlier-stage and less price-competitive. An investor should separate the commoditized, scaled segments (solar panels, wind turbines) from the earlier-stage ones (enhanced geothermal, long-duration storage) where a smaller set of developers is racing to prove out technology and cost curves specifically to serve firm, round-the-clock data-center load.

Appears at:AI campus GW-class campus· cooling:any — Relevant at ai_campus and gw_class scale where an operator can absorb a grid-scale renewable PPA or co-located project; presence depends on an operator's generation-mix and sustainability commitments rather than site size alone.

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Company	Role	Ownership	Ticker	Price	1d	Confidence	Note

Solar 8.08a

Company	Role	Ownership	Ticker	Price	1d	Confidence	Note
Canadian Solar	manufacturer	public	CSIQ	9.23 USD	+0.2%	inferred
First Solar	manufacturer	public	FSLR	172 USD	+0.7%	disclosed	· source
Hanwha Qcells	manufacturer	public	009830.KS	28450 KRW	-2.1%	inferred
JA Solar	manufacturer	public	002459.SZ	6.62 CNY	+2.3%	inferred
Jinko	manufacturer	public	JKS	8.41 USD	+3.3%	disclosed	· source
Longi	manufacturer	public	601012.SS	11.30 CNY	+1.2%	disclosed	· source
Trina	manufacturer	public	688599.SS	10.68 CNY	+1.7%	disclosed	· source

Inverters 8.08b

Company	Role	Ownership	Ticker	Price	1d	Confidence	Note
SMA	manufacturer	public	S92.DE	47.48 EUR	-5.0%	disclosed	· source
Sungrow	manufacturer	public	300274.SZ	72.20 CNY	+2.3%	inferred
Fimer	manufacturer	private				disclosed	· source
Huawei	manufacturer	private				inferred
Power · unit of WSP	manufacturer	private	WSP.TO*			inferred	Electronics

Trackers 8.08c

Company	Role	Ownership	Ticker	Price	1d	Confidence	Note
Array	manufacturer	public	ARRY	3.19 USD	-4.2%	disclosed	· source
Nextracker	manufacturer	public	NXT	78.89 USD	+3.1%	inferred
GameChange	manufacturer	private				disclosed	· source

Wind 8.08d

Company	Role	Ownership	Ticker	Price	1d	Confidence	Note
GE Vernova	manufacturer	public	GEV	815 USD	-1.0%	disclosed	· source
Goldwind	manufacturer	public	002202.SZ	14.90 CNY	+1.1%	inferred
Nordex	manufacturer	public	NDX1.DE	36.36 EUR	-1.6%	inferred
Siemens Energy	manufacturer	public	ENR.DE	119 EUR	-2.0%	inferred
Vestas	manufacturer	public	VWS.CO	186 DKK	-2.4%	disclosed	· source
Envision	manufacturer	private				inferred

Geothermal 8.08e

Company	Role	Ownership	Ticker	Price	1d	Confidence	Note
Ormat	manufacturer	public	ORA	87.09 USD	-0.7%	inferred
Eavor	manufacturer	private				disclosed	· source
Fervo	manufacturer	private				inferred
Quaise	manufacturer	private				disclosed	· source
Sage Geosystems	manufacturer	private				disclosed	· source
XGS	manufacturer	private				disclosed	· source
Zanskar	manufacturer	private				inferred

Hydro 8.08f

Company	Role	Ownership	Ticker	Price	1d	Confidence	Note
Andritz	manufacturer	public	ANDR.VI	77.40 EUR	+0.4%	disclosed	· source
Voith	manufacturer	private				disclosed	· source

LDES 8.08g

Company	Role	Ownership	Ticker	Price	1d	Confidence	Note
Eos	manufacturer	public	EOSE	1.73 USD	+1.8%	inferred
ESS	manufacturer	public	GWH	0.07 USD	-20.5%	disclosed	· source
Antora	manufacturer	private				disclosed	· source
Energy Dome	manufacturer	private				inferred
Form Energy	manufacturer	private				inferred
Hydrostor	manufacturer	private				disclosed	· source

Nearby parts

Children: Solar, Inverters, Trackers, Wind, Geothermal, Hydro, LDES
Previous in layer: Utilities, IPPs & power providers signing data-center deals
Next in layer: Transmission, interconnection & grid equipment
Layer: Layer 8 — Power generation & energy supply

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What is renewables & long-duration storage hardware?: Solar, wind, geothermal, and hydro generation hardware, plus long-duration energy storage, contracted or co-located to supply data-center power.

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