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The Future of Electricity is Today: How AI and New Grid Demands are Changing Infrastructure [Episode 50]
In this week’s episode, Paul Hines, VP of Power Systems and Chief Scientist at Energy Hub is looking to solve a unique challenge: how do we innovate ways to expand the electric grid capacity to not only support the existing load, but also the additional demands emerging from the advent of things like AI data centers? And how do we maintain the grid’s reliability and affordability while doing so? Host Stuart Yasgur and Paul Hines discuss a quietly revolutionary solution already taking shape in homes and businesses across the country:…
In this week’s episode, Paul Hines, VP of Power Systems and Chief Scientist at Energy Hub is looking to solve a unique challenge: how do we innovate ways to expand the electric grid capacity to not only support the existing load, but also the additional demands emerging from the advent of things like AI data centers? And how do we maintain the grid’s reliability and affordability while doing so?
Host Stuart Yasgur and Paul Hines discuss a quietly revolutionary solution already taking shape in homes and businesses across the country: virtual power plants. By connecting smart thermostats, home batteries, electric vehicles, and even electric school buses through internet-enabled software, virtual power plants aggregate distributed energy resources into coordinated grid assets—delivering reliability and affordability without the cost or time required to build new infrastructure.
Learn more about Energy Hub: https://www.energyhub.com/
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