A Belgium-based electric truck startup is pitching a mobile containerized data center concept.

Earlier this year, Windrose Electric founder and CEO Wen Han outlined plans for a new containerized AI and energy offering that could be wheeled into place – using the company’s R700 electric semi-truck.

“We are introducing a new product line at Windrose Electric called ‘AI in a box’, to provide electric storage + charging in a container + modular AI inference unit in another container,” he said on LinkedIn.

At the time, he suggested a standard ISO container could offer 500kW of inference, while the power container could offer 4MWh of battery storage.

Containerized data centers and power infrastructure are already commonplace, but are transported on flatbed trucks and craned into place. Windrose seems to be suggesting more temporary offerings that remain on the flatbed and/or attached to the truck.

How feasible the solution is, however, is up for debate. A 500kW IT module solely powered by a 4MWh battery system would run out of energy within a day, either requiring new energy modules to be delivered or having a connection to an external power source.

This month, Han announced Windrose is working with Chinese energy firm LiFe-Younger on the mobile energy container.

Han outlined plans to develop a truck-based, containerized battery unit, offering 2MW in a 20-ft (6-meter) container, which he said could help bypass grid constraints. The concept would use LiFe-Younger’s iMContainer as the power module.

Founded in China in 2022 and now headquartered in Belgium, Windrose makes long-range heavy-duty electric trucks for commercial logistics. Its current trucks offer 670km (416.3 miles) carrying 49 tons in a single charge.

Founded in 2016, LiFe-Younger offers mobile and static EV charging and energy storage systems.