In response to the societal challenge of the growing electricity demand from AI data centers, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is launching the Next-Generation Data Centers Institute (NGDCI). This internal ORNL institute will unite the laboratory’s unique expertise and facilities spanning energy technologies, high-performance computing, cybersecurity, and grid science to ensure that America’s rapidly growing AI infrastructure remains secure, efficient, and reliable.

ORNL’s launch of NGDCI comes as the federal government advances its own national initiative: Genesis Mission. The Genesis Mission, led by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), calls for linking the nation’s most powerful computing resources with the energy systems that support them, doubling the productivity and impact of American research and development within a decade.

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