May 21, 2026 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
Nebius has signed a deal with Bloom Energy to deploy solid oxide fuel cells for its U.S. AI infrastructure buildout. The first project will deliver 328MW of behind-the-meter power for Nebius’ AI cloud platform at an undisclosed site, with operations expected to begin later this year.
“Power remains a key constraint for AI infrastructure build-outs,” said Andrey Korolenko, chief product and infrastructure officer at Nebius. “We chose Bloom because their fuel cells solve that directly: Clean power with virtually no pollutants is deployed onsite, on the timelines our customers need, with the availability AI workloads require. We expect to put this technology to work alongside our infrastructure as we continue to scale our capacity.”
“AI workloads demand power infrastructure that matches the performance of the cloud platforms they run on,” added Aman Joshi, CCO at Bloom. “Our partnership with AI cloud leader Nebius brings together Bloom’s clean fuel cell technology and AI-native infrastructure, and helps deliver a community-friendly, high-performance solution at scale.”
Bloom Energy says its solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) convert fuel into electricity through an electrochemical process rather than combustion, improving efficiency and reducing emissions. The systems are fuel-agnostic, supporting natural gas, biogas, and hydrogen, and are designed to handle high-density AI workloads with compatibility for emerging standards like 800V DC. The company’s agreement with Nebius is its latest in a growing data center push. It recently expanded its deal with Oracle to supply up to 2.8GW of capacity, building on a prior 1.2GW agreement. It also has deployments with Equinix across 19 data centers totaling over 100MW, and a separate agreement with American Electric Power for up to 1GW of off-grid SOFC capacity for AI data centers.
