Using AI to Unlock More Power for Data Centers
From Data Center Richness by Rich Miller
April 21, 2026 · 27 min
About this episode
The episode discusses how AI can help unlock additional power for data centers and lower consumer energy bills, featuring an interview with GridCARE's CEO Amit Narayan.
We've all seen the headlines about AI data centers using up grid capacity and raising power prices. What you may not know is that AI can also find more power and help lower consumer bills. In this video we profile a startup called GridCARE, which is using AI tools and software to unlock more existing electricity for utilities and power grids. CEO Amit Narayan shares how this technology located 400 megawatts of capacity in one of the nation's busiest data center markets, enabling enough power for 5 new data center projects. What's even better is that if a utility can serve more data centers without having to build new transmission lines, it can actually lower power bills for consumers, and utilities can use the savings to improve their infrastructure. Yes, AI data centers use a lot of power. But there's much more to the story. Here's an overview of my conversation with GridCARE's Amit Narayan. 00:00 - Same Grid, Only With More Capacity 01:50 - Amit Narayan's Entrepreneurial Journey 05:30 - How GridCARE Works with Utilities and Data Centers 10:20 - Managing Peaks to Unlock Power 15:00 - Grid Optimization and Site Selection 17:45 - Finding 400 Megawatts for PGE in Oregon 24:00 - The…
People in this episode
Host: Rich Miller
Guest: Amit Narayan
Topics covered
- AI in data centers
- power optimization
- utility management
- data center capacity
- consumer energy bills
Keywords
- AI
- data centers
- power capacity
- GridCARE
- energy bills
- utilities
- electricity
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: GridCARE
Places: Oregon, United States
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