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Nextpower Announces Entry into Battery Energy Storage (BESS) and AI Data Center Markets with Definitive Agreement to Acquire Prevalon Energy, Increases Fiscal Year 2027 Outlook
FREMONT, Calif., May 28, 2026--Nextpower™ (Nasdaq: NXT), a leading provider of solar and power technology solutions for utility-scale power plants, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Prevalon Energy, a U.S.-headquartered joint venture between Mitsubishi Power Americas and EES, for total consideration of up to $365 million, not including cash to be acquired, comprising cash and stock. Closing of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, includi
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FREMONT, Calif., May 28, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nextpower™ (Nasdaq: NXT), a leading provider of solar and power technology solutions for utility-scale power plants, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Prevalon Energy, a U.S.-headquartered joint venture between Mitsubishi Power Americas and EES, for total consideration of up to $365 million, not including cash to be acquired, comprising cash and stock. Closing of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including antitrust regulatory review. The acquisition is expected to extend Nextpower’s technology platform across BESS and intelligent controls for critical power infrastructure. The Company projects that the global demand for BESS outside China could represent an opportunity of up to $35 billion by 2030, with the U.S. comprising up to $15 billion. In connection with the transaction, Nextpower is raising its fiscal year 2027 outlook, which assumes the successful closing of the transaction. Nextpower now expects fiscal 2027 revenue of approximately $4.0 billion to $4.4 billion, compared to its prior outlook of $3.8 billion to $4.1 billion, and adjusted EBITDA of approximately $845 million to $930 million, compared to its prior outlook of $825 million to $900 million. Nextpower will provide additional details on its updated outlook during an investor conference call later today. "Prevalon was the perfect choice for Nextpower to expand into BESS," said Markus Wilhelm, founder and CEO of Strata Energy. "Both companies are technology focused and understand power, utilities, and complex use cases for customers. Prevalon’s BESS hardware and software platform solves challenging problems for utility-connected and self-powered AI data centers, including inertia support, grid stabilization, contingency management, and GPU AI workload smoothing. This is a differentiated, competitive advantage that Nextpower’s customers will value." Strata was one of the early movers in BESS, delivering over a dozen utility-scale BESS projects since 2018. "Many of our customers have rapidly expanded their storage programs and asked us to extend Nextpower’s platform into power conversion and BESS to deliver fully integrated firm power solutions," said Dan Shugar, founder and CEO of Nextpower. "Together with our recently announced and complementary p...