@misc{6d924e47fd1b427cae979fd456e74dbd,
title = "Integrating Data Centers and Grid Technologies at Scale",
abstract = "This presentation focuses on the challenge of integrating AI-driven data centers with the power grid at scale. It examines the AI data center capacity challenge and the role of new Medium Voltage Direct Current (MVDC) and other grid-enhancing technologies in enabling efficient and reliable power delivery. The session will highlight the National Laboratory of the Rockies' ARIES capabilities and planning tools, along with collaborative examples involving Verrus, Compass, and Schneider through the Agora test bed for grid-friendly data center evaluations, and ON. Energy for UPS evaluation. It will showcase the NLR Stable Grid Platform for studying oscillations caused by large-scale data centers, along with planning tools to assess grid security and reliability. Additionally, the presentation covers reconductoring strategies to increase grid capacity and explores innovative data center architectures, including the Advanced DC Architectures with Power-electronic Transformers (ADAPT) platform, which enables testing of complete DC architectures for data centers.",
keywords = "AI, ARIES, data centers, power grid",
author = "Murali Baggu",
year = "2026",
doi = "10.66816/pr2895655",
language = "American English",
series = "Presented at the ESIG 2026 Summer Workshops: Forecasting, Grid Solutions, and Large Loads, 15-17 June 2026, Denver, Colorado",
type = "Other",
}