A key component of long-term capacity planning
There are limits to how flexible a given data center can be, and this capability will only be available at certain locations. We’re excited to keep learning about its potential and working to advance data center design, grid planning processes, and market development to help realize it.
This includes collaborating with states, regulators and our utility partners to modernize power system planning. While grid planners have historically assumed most new loads are inflexible, initiatives like EPRI DCFlex, in which Google is a founding member, are developing frameworks to fully value demand response as a capacity resource for the grid.
We’re excited to continue innovating on these demand response capabilities, as part of our long-term approach to responsible, affordable energy growth.
