Sunrun, Tesla and Renew Home plan to pool home batteries and smart thermostats into a 16 GW virtual power plant aimed at supplying data centers facing fast-growing electricity demand. They say this “capacity-as-a-solution” can be deployed in months with no new infrastructure, and have already lined up 300 MW in Virginia’s Data Center Alley. The move targets hyperscalers racing to power AI loads and could cut grid costs by shaving peak demand rather than building new plants.