8:00 am Check-In & Light Breakfast
8:40 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Creating Adaptable & Modularized Systems
8:50 am Adapting Electrical Systems to Tackle Volatile AI Loads
Synopsis
- Benchmarking the power behaviours of different server equipment hitting the market, whether it’s a surge or a pulse or different harmonics
- Exploring how volatile AI loads will de-stabilize systems: How are teams simulating and testing the impact on electrical systems to inform future design improvements?
- Discussing the potential adaptations to the sequence of operations and equipment configurations that can support greater stabilization of load
9:30 am Leveraging Modularized Power Systems with Effective Coordination Between Engineers, Integrators, & Contractors to Reduce Schedules
Synopsis
- Exploring the risks of modular power systems, including performance uncertainty, listing requirements and delivering redundancy
- Ensuring alignment between engineers, integrators and contractors as early as possible to mitigate installation issues or delays
- Evaluating the landscape of reliable integrators to support future modularization
10:40 am Morning Networking Break
11:20 am Exploring How to Retrofit Existing Electrical Systems to Meet New Tenants’ Needs with Existing Infrastructure
Synopsis
- Evaluating the capacity of existing utility feeds, switchgear and distribution systems to determine their suitability for new tenants and/or expansion
- Maximizing existing infrastructure value through reconfigurations and load redistribution to reduce downtime
Meeting Power Demands
12:00 pm Looking Beyond the Grid to Power Tomorrow’s Data Centers with Onsite Power Generation
Synopsis
- Gaining transferable lessons about on-site power generation options and how to effectively bridge this onsite from hyperscalers: What have we learned about the viability of solar, micronuclear, fuel cells, wind turbines and self-run power plants in reliably meeting current and future megawatt demands?
- Learning about the critical engineering and regulatory considerations from power generation engineers that you need to consider if your firm pursues onsite generation capabilities
- Evaluating the impact of onsite power generation on back-up capacity requirements to streamline overall campus design
12:40 pm Networking Lunch Break
1:40 pm Audience Discussion: Assessing the Viability of DC Power to Reduce Equipment Requirements
Synopsis
- Sharing perspectives innovating power supply by using DC-type voltages, including the current reliability of this approach
- Exploring how DC racks help to consolidate the electrical systems and improve their efficiency
- Mapping the path to being able to create full DC designs
Future Proofing Electrical Innovation
2:20 pm Building a Highly Skilled Electrical Engineering Workforce to Support Continuous Electrical Innovation & Meet Rapidly Evolving Demands
Synopsis
- Outlining anticipated challenges in meeting future data center demand due to a shortage of skilled electrical engineers
- Evaluating evolving skills required to meet innovation (e.g. power generation engineering) and future-proof your workforce
- Finding ways to attract the right talent