Empromptu AI has launched Grid Guard, a solution designed to prevent AI data centres from damaging their power infrastructure through sudden GPU-driven demand spikes. When thousands of GPUs execute operations simultaneously, power demand can swing by tens of megawatts in milliseconds, potentially damaging generators and requiring costly infrastructure expansion. Grid Guard addresses this by staggering workloads by 50–200 milliseconds, transforming sharp power spikes into gradual ramps. Early deployments have shown an average 80% reduction in power volatility without meaningful impact on AI workload performance. The system predicts power swings, smooths them through workload orchestration, controls infrastructure response, and provides economic signals to encourage efficient operations. Grid Guard is already engaged with a major power company ahead of live deployment.

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