AI Data Centers, Energy, and Critical Infrastructure: Industrial Partnership Opportunity

We are developing a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network focused on AI-powered critical infrastructures for Europe, with particular emphasis on the interaction between AI, data centers, energy systems, and resilient infrastructure networks.

We are looking for industrial partners with expertise in areas such as AI data centers, data center design and operation, energy-aware computing, cloud and edge infrastructure, power systems, flexibility services, cooling and thermal management, sustainable computing, digital twins, and infrastructure resilience.

The project aims to address questions such as: How can AI data centers be operated more efficiently and sustainably? How can their interaction with power systems be modeled and optimized? How can we design resilient infrastructure networks that remain reliable under uncertainty, growing AI demand, and increasing pressure on energy systems? How can advanced tools from control, optimization, machine learning, and systems engineering support better operational and strategic decisions?

We are particularly interested in connecting with companies, infrastructure operators, technology providers, and research-oriented industrial teams willing to engage in doctoral training, contribute use cases, and explore longer-term collaborations around the design and operation of sustainable and resilient AI infrastructure.