no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . august 2015 type corporation industry industrial electrical equipment founded 1992 hq 2128 w braker lane bk 12 austin tx 78758 key people mark ascolese president and ceo products flywheel energy storage uninterruptible power storage emergency power system modular data center employees 234 slogan driven by motion website www.activepower.com active power designs manufactures sells and services flywheel based uninterruptible power supply ups products that use kinetic energy to provide short term power as an alternative to conventional battery based ups products . the company also designs and manufactures modular infrastructure solutions that integrate critical power components into a pre packaged purpose built enclosure that can include active power s ups products as a component . the company s products and solutions support and enable mission critical applications that can not tolerate downtime due to a power disturbance across a number of industries including data centers industrial manufacturing healthcare transportation broadcast government and casino gaming . to date active power has shipped more than 4 000 flywheels in ups systems delivering more than 1 gigawatt of critical backup power to customers in more than 50 countries around the world . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 1992 2000 1.2 2001 2009 1.3 2010 present 2 references history edit 1992 2000 edit active power was founded in 1992 as magnetic bearing technologies inc. where the company manufactured magnetic bearings for a variety of applications . in 1996 the company changed its name to active power and the following year introduced its first flywheel dc product . in 1999 active power deployed its first flywheel ups product which fully integrates flywheel energy storage and power electronics . 2 2001 2009 edit in 2007 the company opened its apac headquarters in china . 3 2010 present edit in 2010 the university of texas at austin chose to deploy active power ups at its university data center . 4 in 2011 active power shipped its 3 000th flywheel . in 2011 active power received a multimillion dollar multiple powerhouse order from hewlett packard . 5 in 2012 heineken selected active power to provide critical power protection at its bottling facility off the coast of madagascar . 6 in 2013 the company shipped its 4 000th flywheel including its next generation cleansource hd ups product . 7 in 2014 capgemini selected active power to provide critical power infrastructure for a uk data center expansion . 8 in 2014 verizon terremark significantly expanded the power capacity of their silicon valley data center by deploying four powerhouse units . 9 references edit active power about us retrieved august 6 2015 light in the dark may 30 1999 retrieved august 6 2015 active power opens office in beijing august 3 2010 retrieved august 6 2015 roundup active power raritan telex september 21 2010 retrieved august 6 2015 active power receives multiple powerhouse order from hp august 17 2011 retrieved august 6 2015 active power on tap for heineken may 21 2012 retrieved august 6 2015 active power about us retrieved august 6 2015 capgemini selects active power retrieved august 6 2015 v erizon expands silicon valley capacity with active power containers january 24 2014 retrieved august 6 2015 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title active power & oldid 718646603 categories companies based in austin texasmanufacturing companies based in texascompanies listed on nasdaqhidden categories orphaned articles from august 2015all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 4 may 2016 at 19 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view