Research ArticleAI 运维优化
Kevin D. Gauld、Daniel J. Varon、Nicholas Balasus、Daniel H. Cusworth
Published 2026-08-23 · arXiv · Credibility S
AI data center power demand is spurring rapid deployment of on- and near-site natural gas turbines. Nitrogen oxide (NO$_x$) pollution from this equipment is a growing concern but has not previously been quantified with atmospheric observations. Here we demonstrate space-based detection and quantification of NO$_x$ emissions from the SpaceXAI Colossus 2 power plant in Southaven, Mississippi. Using observations from t…
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AI data center power demand is spurring rapid deployment of on- and near-site natural gas turbines. Nitrogen oxide (NO$_x$) pollution from this equipment is a growing concern but has not previously been quantified with atmospheric observations. Here we demonstrate space-based detection and quantification of NO$_x$ emissions from the SpaceXAI Colossus 2 power plant in Southaven, Mississippi. Using observations from the geostationary TEMPO satellite instrument, we detect a strong increase in local mean NO$_2$ column concentrations after the plant began operations in late 2025. We then use TEMPO to estimate two-week-average NO$_x$ source rates from August 2025 to mid-August 2026, calibrating against continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS) data from US power plants. TEMPO first detected NO$_x$ emissions in December 2025 at 460$\pm$180 kg h$^{-1}$. We find that emissions increased through August 2026, averaging 730$\pm$185 kg h$^{-1}$ after February 2026, roughly 16 times higher than expected from the facility's March 2026 permit for 41 turbines operating under best available control technology (BACT) requirements ($\sim$47 kg h$^{-1}$). Emissions at the expected level would be undetectable by our TEMPO analysis.
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背景：AI 数据中心负载、功率密度和能源约束同步上升，AI 运维、负载预测和设施调优正在成为智算中心设计的关键变量。问题：论文聚焦现有方案在效率、可靠性或工程协同上的瓶颈。方法：摘要显示作者采用仿真建模和情景分析，把运行负载、冷却/能源系统和基础设施约束放在同一分析框架中。结果：研究重点指向AI 负载波动对电网设备寿命和调频边界的影响。意义：对日报读者而言，它可用于判断AI 工具是否能降低运维复杂度并提升可用性。仍需结合全文实验条件、样本范围和成本假设核验。
参考文献
Kevin D. Gauld, Daniel J. Varon, Nicholas Balasus, 等. Quantifying AI data center nitrogen oxide (NO$_x$) emissions from space[J/OL]. (2026-08-23)[2026-08-30]. http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.22153v1.
Research Article算电协同
Chandan Chaudhary、Abanish Tiwari、Yansong Pei、Mohammed Ben-Idris、Joydeep Mitra
Published 2026-08-24 · arXiv · Credibility S
Artificial-intelligence data centers running bulk-synchronous training can impose sub-second power swings. When several facilities synchronize their training cycles, these load variations become spatially correlated and amplify the aggregate disturbance on the grid. A grid operator without access to data-center telemetry must infer this correlation from electrical measurements alone. However, the required observatio…
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Artificial-intelligence data centers running bulk-synchronous training can impose sub-second power swings. When several facilities synchronize their training cycles, these load variations become spatially correlated and amplify the aggregate disturbance on the grid. A grid operator without access to data-center telemetry must infer this correlation from electrical measurements alone. However, the required observation time and the feasibility of detection on substation-deployable hardware remain uncharacterized. This paper develops a correlation-based detection method to classify the multi-facility operating regime from cross-facility power measurements. Analytical derivations and experimental validation show that the resulting detection confidence increases with the observation-window length at a rate governed by the load correlation time. The method is demonstrated in a real-time hardware-in-the-loop testbed, where load setpoints generated from a validated semi-Markov data-center load model are applied to an electromagnetic-transient grid simulation on a Real-Time Digital Simulator. A compact classifier built on pairwise power correlations runs on an edge device in this loop and determines whether the data-center load variations are independent or spatially correlated. The cross-facility correlation separates the independent and correlated cases across independent realizations. The held-out detection accuracy improves with the observation window, consistent with the predicted relation. A raw-waveform network fails to generalize, supporting pairwise correlation as the discriminative signal. The detector executes in real time on commodity edge hardware. A closed-loop demonstration against the running simulator tracks a regime change within one observation window.
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背景：AI 数据中心负载、功率密度和能源约束同步上升，算力负载与电网侧资源的协同调度正在成为智算中心设计的关键变量。问题：论文聚焦现有方案在效率、可靠性或工程协同上的瓶颈。方法：摘要显示作者采用实验验证、原型测试或测量对比，把运行负载、冷却/能源系统和基础设施约束放在同一分析框架中。结果：研究重点指向AI 负载波动对电网设备寿命和调频边界的影响。意义：对日报读者而言，它可用于判断智算中心建设是否受电网容量、负载波动和调度机制约束。仍需结合全文实验条件、样本范围和成本假设核验。
参考文献
Chandan Chaudhary, Abanish Tiwari, Yansong Pei, 等. Real-Time Edge-based Detection of Correlated AI Data-Center Load Episodes[J/OL]. (2026-08-24)[2026-08-30]. http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.22719v1.
Research Article热管理与液冷
Aditya Ujeniya、Jan Eitzinger、Thomas Gruber、Georg Hager、Gerhard Wellein
Published 2026-08-11 · arXiv · Credibility S
Data
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背景：AI 数据中心负载、功率密度和能源约束同步上升，液冷、热管理和数据中心能效正在成为智算中心设计的关键变量。问题：论文聚焦现有方案在效率、可靠性或工程协同上的瓶颈。方法：摘要显示作者采用框架构建和频域/系统级分析，把运行负载、冷却/能源系统和基础设施约束放在同一分析框架中。结果：研究重点指向冷却效率、能源利用或运维策略的改进方向。意义：对日报读者而言，它可用于判断液冷方案、热管理路线和高密度部署节奏。仍需结合全文实验条件、样本范围和成本假设核验。
参考文献
Aditya Ujeniya, Jan Eitzinger, Thomas Gruber, 等. ClusterBench: A Framework for Cluster-Wide Continuous Benchmarking and Regression Testing[J/OL]. (2026-08-11)[2026-08-30]. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.10956.
Research Article算电协同
Eliseo Curcio
Published 2026-08-08 · arXiv · Credibility S
Interconnection queues, not electricity prices, now govern where data centers can be built, and the standard levelized-cost comparison answers a question no developer faces: it assumes a load profile, freezes the grid price while modeling the demand that moves it, and quotes busbar costs a facility cannot buy. This paper evaluates nine on-site supply technologies against a delivered grid whose price is endogenous to…
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Interconnection queues, not electricity prices, now govern where data centers can be built, and the standard levelized-cost comparison answers a question no developer faces: it assumes a load profile, freezes the grid price while modeling the demand that moves it, and quotes busbar costs a facility cannot buy. This paper evaluates nine on-site supply technologies against a delivered grid whose price is endogenous to projected data-center demand, on a complete-site basis that retains standby charges, with measured GPU training load, delivered fuel prices, production-pathway carbon, and statutory 45V and 48E incentive mechanics. Nothing beats the wire: gas combined cycle produces at 47 USD/MWh but costs about 114 USD per megawatt-hour of complete site energy against a 92 USD grid; four-hour storage is physically capped near 18 percent of annual energy and, charged at the margin, dirtier than the grid; hydrogen from grid-priced power fails on cost and carbon together. An investment inversion converts these findings into capital terms: conversion-hardware learning buys nothing, because free hardware still exceeds the grid for every low-carbon arm, while global electrolyser deployment on sited sub-20 USD/MWh power brings PEM hydrogen power to about 2.2 times the grid at 300 billion USD and 1.9 times at 1 trillion USD (2.7 and 2.3 for the hydrogen engine), with a carbon reduction of roughly 85 percent (6.8-fold) against grid-power production. Grid parity is not purchasable at any budget. On-site supply is an access and depth product; most current investment targets the wrong term.
中文解读
背景：AI 数据中心负载、功率密度和能源约束同步上升，算力负载与电网侧资源的协同调度正在成为智算中心设计的关键变量。问题：论文聚焦现有方案在效率、可靠性或工程协同上的瓶颈。方法：摘要显示作者采用仿真建模和情景分析，把运行负载、冷却/能源系统和基础设施约束放在同一分析框架中。结果：研究重点指向AI 负载波动对电网设备寿命和调频边界的影响。意义：对日报读者而言，它可用于判断智算中心建设是否受电网容量、负载波动和调度机制约束。仍需结合全文实验条件、样本范围和成本假设核验。
参考文献
Eliseo Curcio. Beyond the Grid: Cost, Carbon, and Capital Requirements of On-Site Power Technologies for AI Data Centers[J/OL]. (2026-08-08)[2026-08-30]. http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.08170v1.
Research Article热管理与液冷
Shrenik Jadhav、Vidhyashree Nagaraju、Zheng Liu
Published 2026-08-19 · arXiv · Credibility S
Liquid
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中文解读
背景：AI 数据中心负载、功率密度和能源约束同步上升，液冷、热管理和数据中心能效正在成为智算中心设计的关键变量。问题：论文聚焦现有方案在效率、可靠性或工程协同上的瓶颈。方法：摘要显示作者采用建模优化、调度分析或算法评估，把运行负载、冷却/能源系统和基础设施约束放在同一分析框架中。结果：研究重点指向冷却效率、能源利用或运维策略的改进方向。意义：对日报读者而言，它可用于判断液冷方案、热管理路线和高密度部署节奏。仍需结合全文实验条件、样本范围和成本假设核验。
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Shrenik Jadhav, Vidhyashree Nagaraju, Zheng Liu. Data Center Life Cycle Co-Design Optimization[J/OL]. (2026-08-19)[2026-08-30]. https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.15408.
Research Article算电协同
Rouzbeh Haghighi、Ali Hassan、Sina Mohammadi、Marcus Chen I Wada、Wencong Su
Published 2026-08-05 · arXiv · Credibility S
Artificial intelligence (AI) data centers are driving rapid electricity load growth across all U.S. ISO/RTO regions, raising both system costs and carbon exposure. This study develops a three-level Stackelberg--Bayesian game in which a regulator (leader) sets carbon penalties and subsidies, a single ISO capacity market clears against an energy balance modeled as a classical generation-expansion problem, and technolo…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) data centers are driving rapid electricity load growth across all U.S. ISO/RTO regions, raising both system costs and carbon exposure. This study develops a three-level Stackelberg--Bayesian game in which a regulator (leader) sets carbon penalties and subsidies, a single ISO capacity market clears against an energy balance modeled as a classical generation-expansion problem, and technology-specific investors (followers) decide capacity and operation under incomplete information, yielding a Bayesian Nash equilibrium. The AI impact is captured parsimoniously as an additional load-growth factor on a greenfield-incremental expansion, isolating how much new capacity the growth pulls in and which technology fills it. Within this framework, we consider second-life battery (SLB) storage competing against new/first-life storage for capacity-market revenue. We quantify how a carbon tax, a renewable subsidy, and an SLB subsidy reshape the equilibrium investment mix, carbon emissions, and profit. Different scenarios are compared at the end based on cost-effectiveness and reduced carbon emissions.
中文解读
背景：AI 数据中心负载、功率密度和能源约束同步上升，算力负载与电网侧资源的协同调度正在成为智算中心设计的关键变量。问题：论文聚焦现有方案在效率、可靠性或工程协同上的瓶颈。方法：摘要显示作者采用框架构建和频域/系统级分析，把运行负载、冷却/能源系统和基础设施约束放在同一分析框架中。结果：研究重点指向冷却效率、能源利用或运维策略的改进方向。意义：对日报读者而言，它可用于判断智算中心建设是否受电网容量、负载波动和调度机制约束。仍需结合全文实验条件、样本范围和成本假设核验。
参考文献
Rouzbeh Haghighi, Ali Hassan, Sina Mohammadi, 等. A Stackelberg-Bayesian Capacity-Market Game of Carbon Regulation and Second-Life Battery Investment under AI Data-Center Load Growth[J/OL]. (2026-08-05)[2026-08-30]. http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.03989v1.
Research Article热管理与液冷
Hao Chen、Zengqi Chen、Wu Zhou、Kaihang Lu、Mingyuan Zhang、Yuxiang Yin、Yiou Cui、Chaoran Huang
Published 2026-08-12 · arXiv · Credibility S
Increasing artificial intelligence ( AI
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Increasing artificial intelligence ( AI
中文解读
背景：AI 数据中心负载、功率密度和能源约束同步上升，液冷、热管理和数据中心能效正在成为智算中心设计的关键变量。问题：论文聚焦现有方案在效率、可靠性或工程协同上的瓶颈。方法：摘要显示作者采用文献摘要中的模型、实验或案例分析，把运行负载、冷却/能源系统和基础设施约束放在同一分析框架中。结果：研究重点指向冷却效率、能源利用或运维策略的改进方向。意义：对日报读者而言，它可用于判断液冷方案、热管理路线和高密度部署节奏。仍需结合全文实验条件、样本范围和成本假设核验。
参考文献
Hao Chen, Zengqi Chen, Wu Zhou, 等. Towards Terabit/$λ$/s Multidimensional Silicon Photonic Engine[J/OL]. (2026-08-12)[2026-08-30]. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.11639.
Research Article算电协同
Nicoletta Tsiopani、Moysis Symeonides、George Pallis、Marios D. Dikaiakos
Published 2026-08-13 · arXiv · Credibility S
The rapid growth of LLM inference is shifting sustainability concerns from one-time training to continuous serving, where infrastructure decisions shape energy use, carbon emissions, water consumption, and service quality. Yet operators often need to compare deployment alternatives before large-scale infrastructure is built, making direct measurement costly, slow, and sometimes infeasible. We present InFactPlanner, …
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The rapid growth of LLM inference is shifting sustainability concerns from one-time training to continuous serving, where infrastructure decisions shape energy use, carbon emissions, water consumption, and service quality. Yet operators often need to compare deployment alternatives before large-scale infrastructure is built, making direct measurement costly, slow, and sometimes infeasible. We present InFactPlanner, a trace-driven decision-support framework for what-if analysis of sustainable AI data center deployment for LLM inference across single and geo-distributed sites. InFactPlanner combines query traces, hardware-model profiles, candidate site configurations, PUE/WUE parameters, renewable generation models, and time-varying grid carbon intensity to estimate power, energy, carbon emissions, water use, latency, and server utilization. The framework abstracts low-level serving effects into configurable hardware-model profiles, enabling rapid comparison of site selection, capacity placement, hardware, model, renewable integration, and routing choices. We validate the energy accounting pipeline by reproducing reference LLM inference energy estimates with less than 10% deviation, evaluate scalability across multiple data centers and server counts, and demonstrate scenario-driven decision analyses for hardware selection, renewable placement, geographic deployment, and carbon-aware routing. Our results show that sustainability-optimal choices can differ from latency-optimal ones, and that the carbon value of deployment depends strongly on the local grid mix.
中文解读
背景：AI 数据中心负载、功率密度和能源约束同步上升，算力负载与电网侧资源的协同调度正在成为智算中心设计的关键变量。问题：论文聚焦现有方案在效率、可靠性或工程协同上的瓶颈。方法：摘要显示作者采用框架构建和频域/系统级分析，把运行负载、冷却/能源系统和基础设施约束放在同一分析框架中。结果：研究重点指向AI 负载波动对电网设备寿命和调频边界的影响。意义：对日报读者而言，它可用于判断智算中心建设是否受电网容量、负载波动和调度机制约束。仍需结合全文实验条件、样本范围和成本假设核验。
参考文献
Nicoletta Tsiopani, Moysis Symeonides, George Pallis, 等. InFactPlanner: Planning Sustainable Geo-Distributed LLM Data Centers[J/OL]. (2026-08-13)[2026-08-30]. http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.12915v1.
