January 10, 2026, 1:02 AM EST. Panasonic is steering its business toward AI infrastructure, planning to divert some EV-battery production lines to power storage systems for data centers. Announced at CES 2026, the plan positions data center infrastructure as Panasonic's next growth engine, leveraging energy storage to stabilize server operations. A display at the booth included an AI server in the entryway, underscoring the company's pivot toward data center power management. Executives described the shift as expanding beyond automotive batteries into systems that store and deliver reliable energy for cloud workloads, with production reallocation to meet demand for scalable, resilient data centers. The move follows a broader push to monetize AI-related infrastructure as enterprises require robust power for AI workloads.
