Connect | Virginia // Energy Usage Impact (EUI) - New Holistic Metrics for AI Data Centers: A Discussion with The Green Grid

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  • Energy & Sustainability
  • Data Center Cooling
  • Management & Operations
  • Open Session

Speakers

Pritish Parida

Senior Research Scientist, IBM Research

Julius Neudorfer

CTO & Founder, NAAT & Co-Chair of the Data Center Energy Effectiveness Workgroup, The Green Grid

Ricardo Gonzalez Llera

Manager, Environmental, Energy & Climate Programs IBM, Chief Sustainability Office, IBM

As AI workloads reshape the scale and urgency of data center development, the industry needs metrics that look beyond traditional notions of facility efficiency. Building on The Green Grid’s recent work—including the Data Center Resource Effectiveness (DCRE) metric, the Water Usage Impact (WUI) metric, and the first release of the IT Work Capacity (ITWC v1)—TGG is now developing the next critical benchmark: the Energy Usage Impact (EUI) metric.

EUI introduces a power grid‑aware, system‑level perspective—evaluating how AI data centers affect power grids, transmission and distribution networks, as well as the growing role of behind‑the‑meter power generation.

At DCD Connect VA, this session offers operators, designers, and policymakers an early look at the EUI framework and its implications for siting, scaling, and grid‑aligned design of high‑density AI facilities. Attendees will have the opportunity to directly influence the metric’s development, with an open call for contributors and prospective members—supported by TGG’s expanding collaborations with organizations such as ASHRAE and ISO/IEC.

Join us to help shape the next generation of sustainability and reliability metrics for the world’s energy‑intensive digital infrastructure.