Energy Supply and Interaction of Data Centers under the New-Type Power System
Session Chair(s) and Speakers:
Yubo Yuan
(Member, IEEE), National-level Leading Talent, Professorate Senior Engineer. He is the Industry-University Jointly Appointed Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Xi'an Jiaotong University, and Chief Expert of State Grid Corporation of China. His primary research interests cover Energy Internet for End-users, AC/DC hybrid distribution networks, and power system protection and control. He currently serves as the Principal Investigator of the 2023 National Key Research and Development Program of China High-Power-Density Flexible Interconnection Technologies and Equipment for Distribution Networks, leader of the IEC project on Multi-scenario DC Distribution Systems, and Convener of the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE) Working Group B5/D2-67.
He was conferred the titles of 2020 Jiangsu Province Outstanding Middle-aged and Young Expert (Professional and Technical Talent) and Jiangsu Craftsman by the People's Government of Jiangsu Province.
Huiyu Miao
(Member, IEEE), PhD, Senior Engineer. His primary research interests cover LVDC distribution, V2G and power quality. He is an Industry Professor at Southeast University and a recipient of the Jiangsu Provincial Young Science and Technology Talent Support Program, and currently serves as Standing Director of the IEEE PES Low Voltage DC Technical Subcommittee, Project Leader of IEC TR 63282-104-2, and an expert of both IEC TC8 JWG9 (LVDC Distribution) and IEC TC8 WG11 (Power Quality). His research achievements have been recognized with Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award and China Electric Power Science and Technology Award.
Session Abstract
With the rapid growth of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and digital infrastructure, data centers are becoming large-scale, energy-intensive, and highly dynamic loads in the new-type power system. Their increasing electricity demand and strict reliability requirements bring new challenges to power supply security, energy efficiency, and grid operation. Meanwhile, data centers also provide considerable flexibility through workload scheduling, cooling regulation, energy storage, backup power, and controllable power electronic interfaces. This session focuses on the energy supply and interaction of data centers under the new-type power system. Key topics include grid-load interaction, demand response, renewable energy accommodation, intelligent operation, coordinated computing-cooling-power management, and low-carbon energy optimization. By integrating advanced forecasting, sensing, artificial intelligence, and optimization technologies, data centers can shift from passive electricity consumers to active flexible resources that support peak shaving, congestion relief, emergency response, and secure low-carbon grid operation. Solid-state transformer-based power supply equipment is also an important enabling technology for future data centers. With flexible voltage conversion, fast controllability, DC distribution compatibility, and multi-port energy integration, SSTs can enhance the flexibility, efficiency, and grid-interactive capability of next-generation data center energy systems.