DCD>Studio: Building the technical foundations for onsite power generation with Jim Mozell, Siemens Energy
Emma Strutton speaks with Jim Mozell of Siemens Energy about powering AI data centers, microgrids, integrated power solutions, and strategies for building resilient, scalable power infrastructure.
The rapid expansion of AI data centers is creating unprecedented power demands, pushing the industry to immediately explore and implement advanced, resilient energy solutions.
Securing stable and scalable power infrastructure is the foundational bottleneck for the continued growth of the AI industry and other critical compute-intensive sectors, impacting national competitiveness.
The focus in data center power is shifting from merely ensuring uptime to integrating advanced, often onsite, generation and microgrid solutions, transforming the energy-compute interface.
- · Siemens Energy
- · Microgrid developers
- · Onsite power generation technology providers
- · Data center operators with integrated power strategies
- · Traditional grid-dependent data centers
- · Regions with weak or constrained power grids
- · Utility companies slow to adapt to distributed generation
- · Organizations reliant on unstable power for critical compute
Increased investment in distributed energy resources and microgrid technologies for enterprise and industrial applications.
Data center siting decisions will be increasingly driven by energy availability and regulatory environments supportive of onsite power, rather than just fibre and land cost.
The proliferation of campus-level microgrids could lead to greater energy independence for critical infrastructure, potentially shifting power dynamics with large utility providers.
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