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Power Shift: How Carnegie Mellon Is Leading America’s Energy Evolution

By District Energy posted 07-15-2025 07:20

  

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In the heart of Pittsburgh, a quiet revolution is underway. Carnegie Mellon University, long known for its prowess in computer science and engineering, is now emerging as a key innovator within America’s energy landscape. As AI models grow more powerful, so too does their appetite for energy, straining an aging and outdated grid and prompting urgent questions about infrastructure, security and access. From reimagining AI data centers to modernizing and securing the electric grid, CMU researchers are working on practical solutions to pressing challenges in how the U.S. produces, moves and secures energy.

While AI drives economic growth and scientific breakthroughs, it’s also straining the energy infrastructure that is currently in place. The good news? AI can help solve that problem.

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