2025: GenAI in Data Centers: Energy thief or flexibility provider

Tuesday 18 March

10:00 11:30

Art Hall

Generative AI is consuming an increasing amount of data center power and making the goal of zero emissions from data centers hard to achieve.

The seminar opens up possibilities for energy efficiency through data center operations, design, and integration in energy system, including co-located energy storage and the use of data centers as demand response facilities.

Meet the speakers from the data center industry with a follow-up panel discussion.

GenAI in Data Centers – program

Host

Anna Häggblom

Entrepreneur and speaker

AveoAI

10:00 10:20

Future trends in Data Centre industry and their effect in Energy Use

Antti Laine

Data Centre Business Lead

SWECO

10:20 10:40

Modular Energy Systems for flexible AI Facilities.

Karl Rabe

Wooden Data Center

10:40 11:00

Data Center Excess Heat Utilization in Kajaani and Sustainable Supercomputing With EuroHPC Lumi

Mikko Kerttula

Customer Manager, Industrial Cooperation

CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd.

11:00 11:30

Air is not enough for AI

Mattias Westerlund

Project manager

RISE

Organizers

University of Vaasa, Åbo Akademi, Vaasa University of Applied Sciences and Novia.

Petri Välisuo

Associate Professor

University of Vaasa

firstname.lastname@uwasa.fi

+358 29 449 8330

Jerker Björkqvist

Associate Professor, Senior University Lecturer

Åbo Akademi

firstname.lastname@abo.fi

Ghodrat Moghadampour

Principal Lecturer

Vaasa University of Applied Sciences

ghodrat.moghadampour@vamk.fi

+358 207 663 569

Fredrik Hanstén

Project Manager, RDI

Novia UAS

fredrik.hansten@novia.fi