Windrose wants to containerize the data center
Windrose is making big, fast moves in the heavy-duty EV space with its electric semi truck business already expanding into four continents — but CEO Wen Han doesn’t want to stop there. He’s got an idea for a mobile data center and BESS solution packed into one, and he really wants us to know about it.
Windrose CEO Wen Han has been making headlines with his ultra-capable electric semi trucks, but herecently took to LinkedIn recently to promote a whole new idea that’s less about the trucks, and more about what they’re hauling.
Launched under the headline, “Windrose = AI = energy in a box.” The idea described two standard-sized shipping containers (pulled by a Windrose R700, of course) with one packed full of batteries and the other packed with server racks and cooling equipment.
What’s really wild, however, isn’t the idea — it’s the fact that Wen was in such a hurry to put the concept “out there” that he apparently used Google Gemini-rendered images (shown, above) to illustrate the concept.
Google Gemini adds the star watermark as a transparency and safety measure so that people can tell the image was created by AI, and isn’t either a photo or human-made artwork.
That said, I’ve only ever seen the Windrose R700 in 6×2 configurations, while these illustrations show it in 4×2. The other image, which shows how the BESS trailer can be deployed as a mobile charging solution, seems to drag the lines across an active highway.
The artwork leaves something to be desired, is what I’m saying. But the idea? It’s not too far removed from the containerized BESS Volvo showed off at Bauma last year. That system was designed to provide power to off-highway equipment and offices when grid power was unavailable, and be easily hauled off to reliable charging where grid was available. Combining that idea with a containerized data center would–
Actually, I’m not sure what it would do. You guys are smart, though. You have ideas. Take a look at Wen’s concept (as understood by Google Gemini, at least), then let us know what you think in the comments.
SOURCE: Windrose, via LinkedIn.
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