Rethinking the Grid for AI Infrastructure | Mark Chung | Smart Grid Seminar

Smart Grid Seminar: From Motors to Microchips: Rethinking the Grid for AI Infrastructure Modern electrical infrastructure was built around industrial and building loads that are fundamentally different from the high-density silicon and IT environments now driving AI. As compute power density rises, facilities face new challenges in capacity visibility, fault detection, event diagnosis, and reliability. This talk explores the mismatch between legacy electrical architectures and emerging AI infrastructure, and examines how real-time telemetry and electrical intelligence can help operators better understand risk, utilization, and system behavior in increasingly power-constrained environments. Bio Mark Chung is the CEO and co-founder of Verdigris, an electrical intelligence company serving modern buildings and data centers. He focuses on real-time electrical telemetry, diagnostics, and software that help operators improve reliability, understand capacity, and manage increasingly dense power environments. His work sits at the intersection of power systems, digital infrastructure, and AI-era operations, with an emphasis on making electrical infrastructure more observable, actionable, and resilient.