POWER Interview: CyrusOne Expert on How AI Is Reshaping the Data Center–Utility Relationship
Key Takeaway
The exponential growth of AI-driven data centers is creating unprecedented demand and complexity for the power grid, necessitating strategic planning and investment from developers, utilities, and policymakers alike.
AI Summary
- •AI-driven workloads, high-density racks, and liquid cooling are fundamentally transforming data center power demand and utility interactions.
- •Data centers, once a niche concern, are now a central focus for utility planners, grid operators, and energy policymakers due to their escalating and unique power needs.
- •The shift implies significant new infrastructure requirements for generation, transmission, and interconnection to reliably serve these high-density loads.
- •Increased demand from data centers will likely impact wholesale power and capacity markets, creating opportunities for new generation and storage projects.
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CyrusOne’s Jim Roche details how AI-driven workloads, high-density racks, and liquid cooling are transforming the data center–utility relationship. Only a decade ago, few in the power sector could have predicted that the digital economy’s engine—the data center—would become a central concern for utility planners, grid operators, and energy policymakers. For much of its history, data […] The post POWER Interview: CyrusOne Expert on How AI Is Reshaping the Data Center–Utility Relationship appeared first on POWER Magazine .