Power grid interconnect issues brought about by large (GW scale) loads and in particular, large AI training loads

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This talk will focus on the interconnect issues brought about by large (GW scale) loads and in particular, large AI training loads.  Within the past year, a great many power entities from NERC to local utilities have discovered the potential for such loads to create issues with new requirements arriving in a seemingly endless stream.  


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  • 400 Isotope Drive
  • Colorado State University
  • Fort Collins, Colorado
  • United States 80521
  • Building: Engineering
  • Room Number: B101
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  • Starts 08 June 2026 11:01 PM UTC
  • Ends 18 June 2026 11:01 PM UTC
  • No Admission Charge

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Scot

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Biography:

Scot is the senior principal engineer in the office of the CTO for Microsoft's Cloud Operations + Innovations division.  Scot's path has been along the electrical engineering trail has been long and winding, from his initial 1979 position as a field engineer for General Electric working on large control systems including generator excitation through leading custom integrated circuit design for Hewlett-Packard and finally coming to rest at Microsoft.  For the past 4 years, he his work has been devoted to making AI Large Language Training load profiles palatable to the power infrastructure from in-server power supplies to the interconnect.  




Agenda

6:00 pm Doors Open

6:00-6:45 pm Networking time, meet your colleagues

6:45 pm Welcome

7:00 pm Main Presentation- Scot Heath

7:00 pm- Q & A

8:00 pm End