Connect | Virginia // DCD>Talks powering AI and large-scale data centers with Joe Prudente | ABB

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Emma Brookes

Channel Manager, DatacenterDynamics

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Emma Brookes

Channel Manager, DatacenterDynamics

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Joe Prudente

Segment Leader- MV UPS, ABB

Joe Prudente

Joe Prudente

Segment Leader- MV UPS, ABB

Joe Prudente, Segment Leader MV UPS for ABB Power Protection, with over 40 years’ experience in the critical power industry. Prior to joining ABB, he has held various positions in engineering, project management, service, commercial sales, and channel management. Experience also includes data center design, commissioning activities, and buildouts, as well as principal equity ownership with systems design engineering and 3rd party commercial sales firms. He holds several advanced critical power protection certificates and a degree in Electrical Engineering.

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Join this session to learn new strategies in design to meet the power demands of AI and large-scale data centers.

The data center market is facing significant challenges. Exponentially higher power demand for new Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centers utilizing GPU based servers. Greater overall demand for compute power, driving increased number and size of data center campuses, more than 1GW in some cases, all while facing grid power limitations and sustainability mandates.

Traditional 480V UPS’s, are limited to 3MVA block size due to breaker size limitation, which is not practical for most AI and large-scale data centers, thus forcing design engineers to look for alternative solutions. MV UPS’s offer solutions which address the challenges of AI and large-scale data centers. They also integrate well with the electrical infrastructure, whether power is provided by grid or alternative power sources, and typically free up space for revenue generating IT equipment as they are normally installed outdoors.

MV UPS’s offer significant copper savings as power is distributed at MV level and as they typically operate at a higher efficiency, generally offers a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).