Emerald AI, Google and Nvidia form alliance on flexible US data centres
Emerald AI, Google and Nvidia have set up the AI Energy Management Alliance (AEMA), a grouping aimed at making AI data centres more responsive to conditions on the US power grid, Enlit reported.
The founders said AEMA will coordinate AI developers, chipmakers and power sector participants, with the goal of speeding up grid connections for data centres designed to flex their load.
According to Enlit, a flexible data centre can vary the electricity it pulls from the grid by moving computing jobs to other times or sites, drawing on onsite batteries, running paired generation, or cutting demand during system stress events.
AEMA points to work by Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, which estimates that moderate flexibility at data centres could free up as much as 100 GW on the existing US grid.
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