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In response to the societal challenge of growing electricity demand from AI data centers, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is launching the Next Generation Data Centers Institute (NGDCI). This internal ORNL institute will unite the laboratory’s unique expertise and facilities that span energy technologies, high-performance computing, cybersecurity, and grid science to ensure that America’s rapidly growing AI infrastructure remains secure, efficient, and reliable.
Data centers account for more than 4% of U.S. electricity use, and by 2030, that figure could climb as high as 17%, according to analysis by the Electric Power Research Institute. AI-specific workloads drive much of this growth: Training a single large language model can consume hundreds of megawatt-hours of electricity. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation warns that surging demand from AI and industrial electrification poses mounting risks to grid reliability.
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