By 2030, UK data-centre capacity could rise to between 3.3 GW and 6.3 GW with more than 17 GW of data-centre capacity estimated to be under construction in the US.
This event will focus on the challenge of deploying data centres within capacity-constrained power grids, and the implications for energy costs and carbon emissions. The panel will explore opportunities for data centre power flexibility to support faster grid connections, lower system costs and clean energy integration.
The discussion will bring together perspectives from power systems engineering, data centre development, AI infrastructure, sustainability and grid operation, and will cover practical questions around connection queues, flexible operation, workload management and energy efficiency.
The event is informed by recent Oxford research on AI data centre flexibility and the ARIA funded SAGEflex project on safeguarded AI for grid-edge flexibility.
Policymakers, industry partners, investors, researchers and others interested in AI infrastructure, clean energy and climate action are warmly invited.
Hosts: The ZERO Institute and the Power Systems Architecture Lab, University of Oxford
This event is part of Oxford House at London Climate Action Week
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