Forced Oscillations in Power Systems Induced by Data Centers Hosting AI Workloads

arXiv:2609.27698 · eess.SY, cs.SY · Submitted 2026-09-23 · Read on arXiv

eess.SY, cs.SY

Submitted: 2026-09-23

Updated: 2026-09-23

Comments: Revised and extended version of the manuscript previously posted on TechRxiv: https://www.techrxiv.org/doi/full/10.36227/techrxiv.176127304.46362185/v1

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Artificial Intelligence — 4× in this paper
• Trace — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• International Energy Agency — 2× in this paper
• North American Electric Reliability Corporation — 2× in this paper
• Transfer Function — 2× in this paper
• Automatic Voltage Regulator — 1× in this paper
• Bifurcation Analysis — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Electric Power Research Institute — 1× in this paper
• Fast Fourier Transform — 1× in this paper
• Power System Stabilizer — 1× in this paper
• Short Circuit Capacity — 1× in this paper
• Singularity-Induced Bifurcation — 1× in this paper
• Transformer — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Uninterruptible Power Supply — 1× in this paper

Sources

• Power Stabilization for AI Training Datacenters
• AI Load Dynamics--A Power Electronics Perspective
• The Llama 3 Herd of Models

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