Brookhaven Lab, Amazon Web Services Partner to Connect AI Data Centers

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have announced a partnership that will leverage AWS' advanced cloud computing infrastructure and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to accelerate the development of Brookhaven Lab's GridSearch project. GridSearch is an innovative AI-driven solution designed to transform how new generation facilities connect to America's electric grid. The partnership was announced today during the AWS Summit Washington, D.C.

"This partnership will demonstrate the power of public-private collaboration in support of DOE's Genesis Mission, a national initiative to build the world's most powerful scientific platform to accelerate discovery science, strengthen national security, and drive energy innovation," said Brookhaven Lab Director John Hill. "GridSearch is a great example of how we can apply Genesis Mission capabilities to real-world applications, helping the nation to achieve AI leadership and energy dominance."

GridSearch uses a Grid Foundation Model (GridFM) developed as an open-source project under the Linux Foundation Energy, with major contributions from organizations including IBM Research, Hydro Quebec, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook University, Argonne National Laboratory, and others. GridFM is an AI system that enables significantly faster grid simulations while maintaining accuracy and robustness.

"GridSearch is an excellent example for AI enabling AI - what we call 'AI4AI,'" said Hendrik Hamann, chief AI scientist for Innovation, Science, and Security at Brookhaven National Laboratory and joint appointee at Stony Brook University, where he is a professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. "It aims to provide critical decision support to stakeholders and help them accelerate the data center interconnection process with optimal affordability and minimal disruption to the electric grid."

Stony Brook recently responded to the Genesis Mission with 89 proposal submissions, including 28 collaborations with BNL.

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