AI is forcing data center operators to rethink long-held assumptions about power availability. As campuses grow to gigawatt scale and workloads become more dynamic, many projects can no longer rely on traditional utility connection timelines. Instead, operators are developing new approaches that allow facilities to begin operating before grid power becomes available.
In this DCD>Talks episode, Adam Kabulski, chief growth officer at EPC Power, explains how AI is reshaping power infrastructure and why technologies such as microgrids, grid-forming inverters and higher-voltage architectures are becoming essential.
Decoupling operations from utility power
For decades, data center development followed a familiar pattern. Operators secured a utility connection, aligned construction schedules with power availability and brought facilities online once the required capacity was in place.
Everyone's catching up on grid forming
