AUSTIN, Texas — Zach Dell, the son of Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell, is moving his home energy startup into the old Austin American-Statesman building.

According to the Austin American-Statesman , Dell will use the 55,000-square-foot site that sits on Lady Bird Lake as a battery factory for Base Power.

The company, which was founded by Dell in 2023, makes batteries for homes and has already deployed more than 100 megawatt-hours of residential battery capacity, which could power 25,000 Texas homes during peak demand.

Base Power employs 20 full-time employees at the site, and says it plans to hire 100 to 150 more workers over the next few months.

It will be the company's first battery factory, although the lease is temporary, lasting only 18 to 24 months, the reason being that

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