Connect | London // DCD Talks backup generators vs AI workloads with Richard Flynn | Baudouin

AI workloads are reshaping the electrical behaviour of data centres, and backup generators are feeling the strain first. Fast, synchronised GPU load swings create conditions that traditional designs were never built to handle. Recent full‑scale testing of a 2.4 MW generator shows how these rapid variations affect dynamic response, stability and long‑term durability in ways that operators rarely see on paper. This session gives builders, consultants, EPCs and operators a clear view of how modern workloads are really interacting with backup systems, and the specification changes now required to keep power resilience.