Latest / Catalyst with Shayle Kann
Under the hood of data center power demand
Driven by the AI boom, data centers’ energy demand could account for 9% of U.S. power generation by 2030, according to the Electric Power Research Institute. That's more than double current usage.
So how do we meet that demand? And what impacts will it have on the grid and decarbonization?
In this episode, Shayle talks to Brian Janous, former vice president of energy at Microsoft and current co-founder of Cloverleaf Infrastructure. Brian talks through the options for meeting data center demand, including shaping computational loads to avoid system peaks and deploying grid-enhancing…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.