Considerations for Distributed Edge Data Centers and Use of Building Loads to Support Large Interconnections
Garg, Aditie, Booten, Chuck, VanGeet, Otto et al. · 2025
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Distributed edge data centres and flexible building loads are considered as an answer to grid interconnection strain by Aditie Garg, Chuck Booten, Otto VanGeet, and six colleagues. Large facilities above 100 megawatts reach transmission networks directly. Edge and enterprise centres go up to only 20 megawatts. Those smaller centres depend on constrained distribution feeders.
That mismatch drives long interconnection timelines and costly reinforcements. Upgrade costs are often spread into rates for all customers. Artificial intelligence inference loads add sudden, hard to predict demand spikes on local feeders. Using building loads as a flexible resource is weighed as support for the new connections.
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| CREATOR | Garg, Aditie, Booten, Chuck, VanGeet, Otto et al. |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | DOE OSTI |