Integrating Data Centers into Energy Systems: Load Characteristics and Waste Heat Potential

Powering Data Centers in an Uncertain World - A Decision-Driven Model for Energy System Optimization

Data center cooling choices shift water impacts across the grid: An integrated water-energy model for sustainable data center development

Data centers are being developed at an unprecedented pace, yet their energy and water impacts, and the spatial and temporal distribution of these impacts, remain poorly characterized. Data centers consume water for cooling (direct) and through electricity generation (indirect). Decisions on siting and cooling technolog...

Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks

Electric load forecasting and computing-power scheduling for zero-carbon data centers

The rapid growth of computing demand has turned data centers into large and highly variable electricity consumers, which makes accurate load forecasting a prerequisite for operating them close to a zero-carbon target. This work studies the joint problem of forecasting the electric load of a data center and scheduling i...

A Data-Driven Approach for Demand Side Flexibility: Reducing Peak Demand and CO2 Emissions in Smart Grid

The volatility in energy supply and the flexible demand require more efficient demand management techniques. The residential demand response has the ability to provide a promising solution. It becomes difficult to identify as households differ widely in how they utilize electricity and how flexible their usage patterns...

Characterization of Consumer Flexibility and Its Impact on Voltage Regulation in Distribution Systems

Modern distribution networks face growing challenges from demand growth, electrification, and distributed energy resources, complicating voltage regulation and service quality. While demand response has been proposed as a complementary tool, most existing studies assume predefined flexible loads or rely on synthetic de...