Tyler Norris
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"An expert in power systems" -NYTimes. J.B. Duke Fellow, PhDing @DukeU | Fmr @SPGlobal @Energy @CCRSolar | @Stanford alumn | My views
Durham, NC
Joined March 2009
One of the biggest puzzles I’ve run into in the data center world: why is there widespread perception that data centers operate 24/7/365 at near-maximum demand, when their actual utilization appears significantly lower? . I spoke about this yesterday with state energy officials
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Interesting to see comparative engagement on this post:. 1) X: 48k views, 277 likes, 84 reposts, 20 comments. 2) LinkedIn: 35k views, 480 likes, 33 reposts, 58 comments. 3) BlueSky: 18 likes, 3 reposts, 3 comments, views unknown (not avail).
One of the biggest puzzles I’ve run into in the data center world: why is there widespread perception that data centers operate 24/7/365 at near-maximum demand, when their actual utilization appears significantly lower? . I spoke about this yesterday with state energy officials
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RT @ShanuMathew93: Again, told y'all! All else qual it doesn't make sense. But tie it to faster power, and you'll start to see tech compani….
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RT @duncan__c: AI power demand will be lower utilization than the electricity industry likes to forecast.
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RT @MichaelEWebber: Yes, yes, and yes. Let's take it from a major data center leader. Data centers--if operated flexibly--support the gri….
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CEO of Compass Datacenters, which operates ~17 US data center campuses:.
It’s what we have been preaching. Data centers should be looked at as grid resources. Emissions permits need to factor this in (hint- they don’t). Additionally, if regulatory bodies would allow it CapEx from data center operators could fund transmissions needs as well as.
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246 people lost their lives in Winter Storm Uri, with many residences shut off from power while large industrial loads nearby were left untouched. “That can never, ever happen again," Texas state Sen. Phil King (R-10) told @washingtonpost this week, who co-authored the state's
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RT @JigarShahDC: I grew up in Sterling, Illinois and every farmer I knew had a side job. These farmers make less than $100/acre growing cor….
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RT @RobMajteles: There is so much…noise…about data center 24/7 energy needs and usage, which turns out to be wrong. There are lots of incen….
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Contrary to popular belief, data centers aren't maxed out around the clock - and this has real consequences for power system planning
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One of the smartest US power regulators I know just read this and said it’s “a big revision in my understanding of how data centers get used” — which I imagine is true for most regulators.
One of the biggest puzzles I’ve run into in the data center world: why is there widespread perception that data centers operate 24/7/365 at near-maximum demand, when their actual utilization appears significantly lower? . I spoke about this yesterday with state energy officials
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RT @ramez: Modern GPUs and AI datacenters are often underutilized. Why?.- Math (black) has gotten super fast. - Moving data in and out of….
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A former hyperscaler compute utilization engineer just told me this: . “Most datacenters that aren't crypto are going to struggle to top 40-50% overall utilization… Many are a lot lower, I bet MS is more like 20% bc a lot of their footprint is cloud ported IT workloads on.
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