Our next meeting is Thursday, October 15 at 2PM in the Lillian Gade Room, 2nd Floor in the DCA. Note that we are back to our regularly scheduled time for this meeting. The Zoom link appears at the bottom of this email. We are electrified to have Harry Bergen moderate our discussion on the power shortfall facing this country and the possible solutions. Here is a summary along with pre-reading suggestions:
Electron Denial? The Future of Power
Electricity demand is predicted to grow significantly over the next 5 to 10 years and the general consensus is that the growth is largely due to an increase in data centers. In contrast with Data Centers that have been in use for decades, Data Centers are now hosting AI services which are extremely hungry in terms of computing power and electric power. At this session we will discuss the numerous issues surrounding this increase in Electric Power Demand including:
- If we can meet the increase and demand and when
- The critical path items required to supply the additional power
- What role renewables might play
- Location of Data Centers
- Public acceptance of any related projects
Suggested reading :
https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/electricity.php?utm_source=chatgpt.com
