Traditional fire-detection strategies that only react after smoke and flames appear are insufficient for protecting high-value, high-uptime assets such as industrial and compute infrastructure.
Chinese battery giant CATL has indicated its next-generation battery development will focus on lithium-air batteries, mainly due to their extremely high energy storage density.
Installing water and gas safety systems are common preventative measures in case of fire, but the best course of action is to take steps that will remove thermal runaway from ever becoming an issue.