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Ford Launches Energy Subsidiary to Build Data Center-Scale Batteries at Kentucky Plant

The automaker's new Ford Energy unit says it will build shipping-container-sized batteries for utilities, data centers and large industry customers in the US. Ford Motor Company has been quietly working on a secret side hustle.

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The automaker's new Ford Energy unit says it will build shipping-container-sized batteries for utilities, data centers and large industry customers in the US. Ford Motor Company has been quietly working on a secret side hustle. The automaker announced Monday the formal launch of Ford Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary that will manufacture and sell US-assembled battery energy storage systems for utilities, large industrial customers and — perhaps most importantly — data centers .

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