Market analysts disagree about the significance of the deal, however, which represents the largest commercial procurement of fuel cells to date.

American Electric Power (AEP) is securing up to 1 gigawatt (GW) of Bloom Energy solid oxide fuel cells for data centers and other large energy users who need to quickly power their operations. This is

Bloom Energy (BE) stock rallied Friday afternoon after the company announced a new deal with American Electric Power (AEP). Under the agreement, AEP will use Bloom's fuel cell technology to provide power solutions for artificial intelligence data centers.