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Busting GenAI Power Bursting

Forrest Secosky  (Commercial Marketing Manager, Eaton)

Jason Scimeca  (Product Line Manager, Eaton)

JP Buzzell  (VP, Data Center Chief Architect, Eaton)

Location: Room 202B

Date: Wednesday, April 16

Time: 2:35 pm - 3:25 pm

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Track: Power Sourcing & Sustainability

Session Type: Conference Session

Vault Recording: TBD

Audience Level: All Audiences

Datacenter power usage spikes – known as "bursting" – are a known phenomenon, occurring in particular with intensive Generative AI applications. This session will visually characterize these dramatic power swings and evaluate emerging technologies that can mitigate the challenges faced by electric utilities, datacenter designers, and operators. A TCO discussion will compare the expected costs of procurement and deployment for Grid Interactive energy storage, Supercapacitor-based peak shaving, and 2 new battery systems that show distinct promise for datacenters supporting large AI server and data storage activities.

Takeaway

  • Visual introduction to GenAI bursting loads
  • Issues caused by power bursting
  • Solutions available today to solve bursting
  • Total cost of ownership comparisons of available solutions