Long Island Business News
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When it comes to AI infrastructure on Long Island, size matters.
The type of data centers required to handle the staggering compute power demands of AI systems at the massive scale advocated by its most ardent proponents necessitate similarly massive electricity demand. While there are plenty of sites across the country with ample space and access to inexpensive electricity, experts say our region doesn’t quite fit the criteria.
In order to promote resiliency, plans for data centers and their accompanying power generating facilities are designed to include measures meant to future-proof them against inevitable obsolescence and resource scarcity. “With the goal to use less water and in response to power demands and constraints, some developers are investigating heat recovery to insert into a district energy system where power and heat are produced and managed onsite,” says Pollicino. “Generation technologies such as the fuel cell power platform are being developed to be able to transition from natural gas to hydrogen if that becomes more available or can be created onsite.”
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