Connect | New York // DCD>Debate: Does AI demand a complete power overhaul, or will incremental upgrades do?

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  • Mission Critical Power
  • Open Session

Speakers

Dan Meyer

Executive Editor, SDxCentral

Akshay Viradiya

Senior Staff Data Center Engineer, LinkedIn

Teresa Lanuza

Data Center Design Director, AECOM

Rachel Rosenfeld

Senior Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright

Eric Hill

Director of Global Marketing and Product Management, CSB Energy Technology Co.

Bob Kinscherf

Executive Director, National Sales, Constellation Energy

AI workloads are putting immense pressure on traditional data center power systems, pushing the limits of backup, distribution and on-site generation technologies. As densities continue to rise and power consumption profiles evolve, operators must decide whether incremental upgrades can meet the new era of power demand, or if the time has come for a complete redesign of data center power infrastructure.

This debate will address:

  • Is any of our power infra meeting technical or economic limits?
  • Whether retrofitting power can sustain current facilities
  • Where a modular approach to power works, and where it doesn’t
  • The investments required to assure resilience in data center back up and generation
  • What ‘AI ready’ power architecture should look like, and how to build adaptive infrastructure