Overview
- A live UK demonstration is planned for late 2025 using NVIDIA GPUs to adjust data centre energy use in real time.
- National Grid Partners has made a strategic, undisclosed investment in Emerald AI alongside the technology tie-up.
- Emerald AI’s Conductor platform identifies workloads that can be slowed, paused, or shifted to temporarily cut electricity demand.
- The approach aims to let operators connect sooner by agreeing to dial down consumption during peak periods, reducing near-term infrastructure needs.
- National Grid reports 13.5 GW of data centres seeking connection and says the collaboration will also work on standards and customer deployments.