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How to turn AI into a power plant with Arushi Sharma Frank

On Energy Central’s Power Perspectives: how AI data centers can go from grid stressors to grid assets.

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In brief

As data centers grow and AI workloads surge, utility leaders wonder when the power system might reach a breaking point. Host Kinsey Grant Baker asks Arushi about the alternative: compute that helps stabilize the grid instead of only consuming energy. She explains how AI data centers can turn from grid stressors into grid assets through orchestration, curtailment and smart market design.

Key points

  1. 01What if the next generation of compute helped stabilize the grid?
  2. 02Orchestration, curtailment and market design can turn data centers into grid assets.

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