25 VACES Data Center (2).pptx

1、Tackling Virginias Energy Demand from Data CentersVirginia Clean Energy Summit 2025,Data Center Load,Smart Code,Nora Esram,Ph.D.Virgina Clean Energy Summit/Richmond,VA/October 01,2025,Future-Proof AI Data Centers:Grid Reliability and Energy Affordability,Metas Henrico Data Center in Sandston,Virgini

2、a.Source:vpm.org,About NBI,501(c)(3)nonprofitFounded in 1997 to advance zero-energy-buildings through policies and market leadership.Our vision is a built environment that equitably delivers community benefits and climate solutions.,NBI headquarters office at PAE Living Building,Portland,OR Photo by

3、 Portland Drone,www.newbuildings.org,Recent projections suggest that AI-driven data centers could consume up to 9%of U.S.electricity by 2030.Equivalent to the electricity needed to power 2040%of todays vehicles if they were EVs.,Total U.S.data center electricity usage from 2014 through 2028,Source:L

4、awrence Berkeley National Lab(https:/eta.lbl.gov/publications/2024-lbnl-data-center-energy-usage-report),Unconstrained demand for power in Virginia would double within the next 10 years,with the data center industry being the main driver.,Virgina electricity growth(driven by data centers)from 2023 t

5、hrough 2040,Source:JLARC(https:/jlarc.virginia.gov/landing-2024-data-centers-in-virginia.asp),2030,Average Monthly Emery Use(GWh),Unconstrained demand,No new data center demand,Data centers:One Name,Different Forms,Data centers:One Name,Different Forms,Traditional data centers consume around 7.5kW p

6、er rack of servers.AI data centers operate above 30kW per rack,and emerging designs will require 100kW per rack.,Traditional data centers consume around 7.5kW per rack of servers.AI data centers operate above 30kW per rack,and emerging designs will require 100kW per rack.,Normalized Power,Time,AI Tr