Strategic Initiative
Data Center Efficiency Working Group
Advancing smarter, more efficient load growth in the age of AI.
Digital growth needs an efficiency strategy.
Artificial intelligence is driving a rapid increase in electricity demand, creating urgent decisions about reliability, costs, siting, water use, and system planning. The Alliance brings utilities, regulators, technology companies, data center developers, manufacturers, grid operators, and partners together to make efficiency a core solution.
Express interestFour focus areas
A whole-system approach to efficient growth.
Efficient facilities
Building systems, cooling, computing, and water performance.
Demand-side management
Tariffs, flexible load, program design, and system planning.
Grid integration
Virtual power plants, grid services, and distributed capacity.
AI for grid optimization
Use AI to improve system visibility, operations, and efficiency.
Member-driven work
What the group delivers
Launch, define priorities, conduct research, and establish policy engagement.
Develop an AI-era demand-side management framework and expand state engagement.
Publish a national strategic framework and support implementation.
Leadership Circle
Help shape the direction.
Members gain early insight into emerging issues and a direct role in how efficiency is integrated into AI-era energy planning.