The Power Bottleneck in the AI Era
AI’s growth is now limited by power, not compute.
The rise of artificial intelligence and hyperscale computing is driving electricity demand to unprecedented levels. Data centers need continuous, high-density power long before the grid can deliver it.
With interconnection queues stretching years, the next wave of AI and cloud expansion depends on reliable, low-carbon, on-site generation that can scale as fast as compute.
Soaring Demand
AI computing growth is accelerating power use worldwide, pushing data centers far beyond their available grid capacity limits.
Grid Delays
Connection backlogs stretch for years, leaving hyperscale projects stalled and unable to secure reliable electricity when required most.
On-site Solutions
Behind-the-fence, low-carbon hydrogen providing fast, dependable energy exactly where AI and cloud infrastructure need it.
What is FARST?
FARST is a next-generation hydrogen production process developed by Cadchem. It stands for Fluidised Autothermal Reforming Syngas Technology. FARST is a breakthrough approach designed to overcome the cost, complexity, and emissions of traditional hydrogen methods — especially where hydrogen is needed on-site.
Unlike conventional Steam Methane Reforming (SMR), FARST requires no external oxygen or expensive catalysts. It uses a highly efficient and selective catalytic reaction to convert natural gas into clean hydrogen, concentrated CO₂, and nitrogen, all in a simple, compact integrated system.
With more than a decade of engineering, FARST is commercially engineered, patent-protected, and deployment ready. Because it produces application-specific hydrogen at the point of use, FARST is ideal for power-intensive loads such as AI and hyperscale data centers, as well as industry, mobility, and energy systems.
33% less feedstock. Zero noble metals. No oxygen supply.
All performance, No compromise
Clean, low-cost, decarbonised, efficient hydrogen, engineered for industry.
The New Energy Opportunity
AI and hyperscale growth are driving a new era of low-carbon, on-site energy systems and FARST is leading it.
AI Growth
AI computing and cloud expansion are transforming global energy demand. Each new data center requires vast, continuous power that the grid can’t provide fast enough, creating an urgent need for reliable, local, low-carbon energy generation to sustain future growth.
AI power demand is the fastest-growing energy segment globally, already surpassing traditional industrial consumption rates.
Infrastructure Strain
Electricity infrastructure faces growing bottlenecks from rapid data growth and AI expansion. Transmission delays, aging networks, and limited capacity force developers to deploy independent energy systems that operate beyond conventional grid boundaries.
Widespread infrastructure bottlenecks are accelerating the move toward autonomous, low-carbon power solutions for AI and industry.
Energy Shift
Energy systems are decentralising fast. The future belongs to distributed, behind-the-fence generation — compact power units delivering clean energy directly to end-users. FARST’s modular H2 systems make transition practical, efficient, and commercially viable today..
The global energy model is shifting from centralised supply to independent, low-carbon generation at the source.
FARST Power
FARST’s patented pre-combustion technology produces clean hydrogen on-site with over 95% carbon capture, 33% lower feedstock use, and zero solvent systems — enabling scalable, low-cost energy tailored for AI, industrial, and infrastructure applications.
FARST enables low-carbon, dispatchable power for AI and industry — affordable, modular, and deployment-ready.
Applications
Where FARST Delivers Impact
FARST creates impact by producing low-carbon hydrogen exactly where energy is needed most. By co-locating with AI data centers, power stations, industrial sites, and transport fuel hubs, FARST eliminates costly hydrogen transport and storage while integrating carbon capture directly at the source.
This distributed approach delivers reliable, low-cost hydrogen power for the industries driving global demand from AI and cloud infrastructure to steel, cement, fertilisers, chemicals, and grid-balancing power generation.
Power Generation
On-site hydrogen to balance grids and cut emissions.
Transport Fuel Hubs
Co-located fuelling hubs providing hydrogen at diesel parity
AI Data Centres
Low-carbon, low-cost hydrogen for secure, high-demand power
Steel Industry
Supplying clean fuel for greener, competitive steelmaking.
Fertilisers and Chemicals
Clean hydrogen feedstock supporting global agriculture.
Cement Manufacturing
Enabling decarbonisation of one of the toughest industries.
AI Benefits
FARST Benefits for AI Power and Industry
Efficiency, capture, and scalability for the world’s most energy-intensive infrastructure.
FARST enables low-carbon, on-site power for AI data centres and industrial growth.
Its patented reforming system combines efficiency, carbon capture, and modular scalability — delivering dependable hydrogen energy that meets rising power demand without grid dependence or delay.
Efficiency
FARST’s pre-combustion reforming delivers hydrogen power at the lowest cost per megawatt, using up to 33% less natural gas and achieving unmatched thermal efficiency for constant, scalable AI and hyperscale energy energy demands.
Capture
Integrated pre-combustion CO₂ capture exceeds 95% efficiency, eliminating solvents and lowering emissions. FARST enables compliant, net-zero-aligned power generation that meets 45V, 45Q, and EU standards while reducing OPEX for AI infrastructure operators.
Cost
By combining closed-loop heat recovery with minimal fuel input, FARST produces the market’s lowest-priced low-carbon hydrogen, ensuring dependable, grid-independent energy supply for AI data centers and power-intensive industrial applications.
Scalability
FARST’s modular hydrogen-to-power systems expand rapidly from 2-tonne pilots to multi-megawatt installations, delivering predictable cost, fast deployment, and secure behind-the-fence energy for AI campuses and next-generation digital infrastructure.
Decarbonisation Built In
Proven pre-combustion capture for truly low-carbon hydrogen
Unlike post-combustion capture, FARST’s pre-combustion approach removes CO₂ before it is released. This creates a concentrated stream that is easier and cheaper to capture, compress, and store.
By integrating carbon capture into the process design, FARST achieves >95% capture efficiency — ensuring hydrogen is truly low-carbon while lowering costs and complexity compared to retrofit solutions.
This same efficiency enables AI data centres and cloud infrastructure to access low-cost, low-carbon on-site power, helping operators meet energy, uptime, and sustainability goals simultaneously.
FAQs
Understanding FARST
How does FARST make hydrogen production more efficient, lower in carbon intensity, and ready for the AI energy era?
Quick answers to common questions about FARST’s hydrogen reforming, carbon-capture, and behind-the-fence power systems for AI and industry.
What is FARST?
FARST is a compact reforming technology with integrated pre-combustion CO₂ capture, producing the lowest carbon blue hydrogen for power, industry, and transport.
How is FARST different from other blue hydrogen technologies?
It captures CO₂ before combustion within the reforming process itself, eliminating the need for large post-combustion flue gas liquid solvent scrubbers thereby reducing both capital and operating cost.
Where can FARST be deployed?
The system suits distributed modular hydrogen hubs, utilities, AI-data-center power, refuelling infrastructure, hard-to-abate industries and large bulk H2 facilities.
What scale of hydrogen or power generation can FARST deliver?
Installations range from 2 to 50 tonnes of hydrogen per day as modular units, or scalable to 1,000 t/day per facility. These systems can also provide on-site power generation from 2 MW – 1 GW, enabling reliable, low-carbon energy for AI data centers, industrial sites, and mobility hubs.
How does FARST support decarbonisation goals?
By combining blue hydrogen with integrated carbon capture and storage (CCS), FARST reduces lifecycle CO₂ emissions to meet stringent global carbon-intensity targets for industrial and energy applications at minimum cost.
How can FARST power AI data centres and hyperscale infrastructure?
FARST delivers behind-the-fence, low-carbon hydrogen power for AI and hyperscale data centres. By co-locating modular hydrogen systems on-site, FARST provides continuous, dispatchable energy with over 95% carbon capture, bypassing grid delays and ensuring scalable, cost-stable power for energy-intensive AI operations.
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