Back to Videos Solving Data Center Transient Loads with Proven Power Systems Share: Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Copied to clipboard AI training is accelerating demand for resilient, responsive power infrastructure. But while LLM training introduces new scale and urgency, a critical underlying power challenge, transient loads, is not new. Since our founding in 2009, FlexGen has designed systems for short-duration, high-magnitude load events across demanding industrial environments. Those lessons are directly relevant to AI data centers, where fast load jumps can require coordinated responses from power conversion systems, energy storage, controls software, backup generation, and grid-interactive assets. In this video, Software Engineering Director Kyle Brezina explains how proven transient load management strategies can help AI data centers move beyond redundant generation alone. With HybridOS, power systems can detect load events, issue real-time power commands, smooth sharp transitions, and orchestrate multiple asset types across operating modes including black start and islanded operation. For AI infrastructure leaders, the takeaway is clear: transient loads may be newly urgent in the context of LLM training, but the solutions are grounded in years of field-proven power system design. To learn more, read our white paper on Battery Energy Storage Systems for AI Data Centers.
