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SUMMARY:Unlocking the digital infrastructure for AI: Grid integration and d
 ata centre location
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nThe accelerated growth of AI and cloud computing has
  placed data centres at the centre of global infrastructure strategy\, whe
 re power availability has manifested as the ultimate limiting factor. This
  seminar addresses the realities behind AI growth\, separating hype and my
 th from actual infrastructure demand.\nWe will explore how data centre ope
 rators currently interface with transmission grids\, how those dynamics mu
 st evolve\, and why power constraints are fundamentally reshaping where co
 mputers will be located globally. We will also examine the sustainability 
 challenges of energy-intensive computing and discuss the biggest operation
 al and strategic opportunities facing the energy and tech sectors today.\n
 Bio:\nAlfonso Aranda Arias is EVP Global Operations at ACS Group Digital &
  Energy and has previously served as Chief Commercial Officer of the globa
 l hyperscale data centre developer-owner-operator company established join
 t with GIP (part of BlackRock).\nHe brings experience across digital infra
 structure operations\, hyperscaler-led demand planning\, infrastructure in
 vestment and platform development\, informed by prior leadership roles at 
 IBM\, Vantage Data Centers\, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services. His focus 
 includes the convergence of power\, digital infrastructure and capital dep
 loyment supporting the new infrastructure investment cycle.
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/215298/unlocking-the-digital-infrastr
 ucture-for-ai-grid-integration-and-data-centre-location/
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LOCATION:SKEM 601\, Skempton Building\, South Kensington Campus\, Imperial 
 College London\, London\, SW7 2AZ\, United Kingdom
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