Google and Nvidia launch an alliance to make data centres flex their power

Google, Nvidia and the startup Emerald AI have launched the AI Energy Management Alliance (AEMA). The coalition wants data centres to cut their power use when the electricity grid is under strain. In return, it wants grid operators to connect those data centres faster.

The three companies are the founding members, according to the launch announcement on 16 September. Eighteen launch partners have joined them, including Anthropic, Analog Devices, National Grid, AES, RWE, Constellation and NRG.

The other launch partners are Calibrant Energy, Camus, ClearPath, Encoord, Fluence, Generate Capital, GridUnity, PassKey, Splight, Verrus and Voltus. Frank Lacey, an energy industry executive, will be AEMA’s executive director.

What the alliance wants

AEMA says power, not capital or chips, is now the main limit on building data centres in the US. Grid connection rules suit facilities with flat, steady demand, according to the announcement.

The alliance wants faster connections for data centres...

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