Flexibility from Networks of Data Centers: A Market Clearing Formulation with Virtual Links
Systems and Control
2019-10-15 v1 Systems and Control
Optimization and Control
Abstract
Data centers owned and operated by large companies have a high power consumption and this is expected to increase in the future. However, the ability to shift computing loads geographically and in time can provide flexibility to the power grid. We introduce the concept of virtual links to capture space-time load flexibility provided by geographically-distributed data centers in market clearing procedures. We show that the virtual link abstraction fits well into existing market clearing frameworks and can help analyze and establish market design properties. This is demonstrated using illustrative case studies.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1910.05443,
title = {Flexibility from Networks of Data Centers: A Market Clearing Formulation with Virtual Links},
author = {Weiqi Zhang and Line A. Roald and Andrew A. Chien and John R. Birge and Victor M. Zavala},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.05443},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
7 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables. Submitted to the 21st Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC 2020)