Today, Emerald AI, Google, and NVIDIA announced the launch of the AI Energy Management Alliance (AEMA). Led by founding members representing the full AI stack, AEMA advances flexible AI data centers that are good citizens on the electricity grid, dynamically adjusting their power draw to provide relief during periods of peak grid stress.
The founding members are joined by a group of 18 launch partners, spanning AI and semiconductor leaders, such as Anthropic and Analog Devices, and utility and power leaders, such as National Grid, AES, RWE, Constellation, and NRG. Together, the membership will develop diverse approaches to power-flexible AI to unlock power capacity on today’s underutilized power grid, improve its reliability, and promote affordability by better using the grid we already have.
As the United States rapidly builds out data center infrastructure, the primary limiting factor for deployment is no longer capital or silicon; it is power. Traditional grid interconnection processes designed for flat, static electricity demand are too slow and rigid to meet today’s unprecedented surge in power demand. AEMA will promote accelerated interconnections across the United States for flexible, grid-enhancing data centers using a diverse range of demand management technologies including colocated generation, storage, computational flexibility, and other approaches to dynamically respond to the grid’s needs and better utilize the existing power system. By championing policies that recognize and value flexible AI demand, AEMA supports the nation’s competitiveness in AI innovation and deployment while strengthening grid reliability and protecting energy affordability for ratepayers.
“The most effective way to accelerate American AI is to make every data center a good citizen of the grid,” said Dr. Varun Sivaram, CEO of Emerald AI. “Data centers that flex their power use in response to peak grid stress can connect faster and at far greater scale, while the communities that host them gain a more reliable grid and protection from rising electricity bills. Emerald AI is proud to help found AEMA so the AI buildout strengthens both American competitiveness and the neighborhoods that power it.”
“Google is committed to investing in energy solutions that benefit everyone, and pioneering smarter ways to manage our demand turns data centers into dynamic grid allies that help power systems operate more efficiently and reliably,” said Tyler Norris, Head of Advanced Energy Market Innovation at Google. “Through AEMA, we look forward to continuing to scale demand flexibility—unlocking essential speed-to-power while protecting affordability for all energy consumers.”
“The fastest path to reliable, affordable energy is making smarter use of what already exists, even as we build the new infrastructure we need,” said Josh Parker, Head of Sustainability at NVIDIA. “NVIDIA is joining AEMA to advocate for technology-neutral, performance-based standards that evaluate flexible data centers on measurable grid reliability metrics. The result: faster AI deployment and a more efficient grid, without asking ratepayers to fund new capacity.”
Joining founding members Google, NVIDIA, and Emerald AI as inaugural members and launch partners are AES, Analog Devices, Anthropic, Calibrant Energy, Camus, ClearPath, Constellation, Encoord, Fluence, Generate Capital, GridUnity, National Grid, NRG, PassKey, RWE, Splight, Verrus, and Voltus. To see what launch partners and distinguished policy and industry leaders are saying about AEMA, visit aema.ai/quotes.
Frank Lacey, an experienced energy industry executive, will serve as AEMA’s Executive Director. AEMA is the next evolution of the Advanced Energy Management Alliance, founded in 2014 to advance energy solutions while improving the efficiency of the electric grid.
About the AI Energy Management Alliance (AEMA):
The AI Energy Management Alliance advances flexible AI data centers that are assets on the power grid. AEMA convenes the full value chain across AI and power, spanning leading AI platforms, AI infrastructure firms, data center operators, technology companies, and power utilities and grid operators. AEMA’s members are pioneering the benefits that intelligent AI energy management can offer – turbocharging the buildout of AI infrastructure and accelerating U.S. innovation and competitiveness while advancing affordable and reliable power.
To learn more about AEMA or to inquire about membership, please click aema.ai/contact.
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