IEEE PES Webinar: AI-Ready Data Centers and their impact on the electrical grid, 4pm BST, 26th June

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The electric power industry is a regulated and highly capital-intensive sector. To provide economically efficient energy services, utilities design grids that are just large enough to meet the needs of homes and businesses. However, the rapid expansion of AI-ready data centers—purposely built to support intensive artificial intelligence workloads—is driving a projected tenfold increase in electricity demand by the end of the decade. This presentation will examine the challenges posed by this unprecedented load growth and highlight how the industry is preparing to manage its impact, while continuing to deliver reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy to power the global economy.

Bio: 

Dr. Edvina Uzunovic has over 25 years of experience in the power systems industry and academia. She has played a vital role in the success of several U.S.-based utilities and manufacturers in the power sector, serving in a variety of capacities. She is currently an Assistant Teaching Professor and Associate Director of Power System Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, USA.

Dr. Uzunovic earned her B.Sc. from the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.

Throughout her career, she has received numerous accolades, including first place in the IEEE PES Student Poster Contest (1999), the EPRI Innovators Award (2002), the EPRI Technology Award for contributions to FACTS technology, and Recognition Awards from the U.S. National Committee of CIGRE for outstanding technical papers in 2002 and 2006.

She is a Senior Member of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES). From 2016 to 2020, she served as the PES Vice President of Education and currently volunteers on several PES committees and working groups.