Americase Panel Targets Data Center Battery Code Conflicts at OCP
Waxahachie, Texas – October 13, 2026 -- Americase International will use a 25-minute panel at the 2026 Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit on Oct. 15 to address conflicting codes for shipping, installing, storing and disposing of lithium batteries in AI data centers. Operators must reconcile rules that differ by country and jurisdiction as AI drives demand for battery energy storage systems (ESS).
South Korean UPS battery fire hit 647 government systems
On Sept. 26, 2025, a lithium-ion battery fire at South Korea's National Information Resources Service data center in Daejeon affected 647 government information systems and disrupted public services nationwide. Officials said the fire started in an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) battery that was being relocated during maintenance. Americase cites the incident as evidence that consistent rules for handling, relocating and replacing batteries matter as data centers expand energy storage.