arXiv · 2607.27575
Inter-Area Oscillation Damping in Data-Center-Integrated Power Systems
Abstract
This paper develops explicit dynamic models of a hyperscale data center, including its heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) subsystems, and integrates them into a small-signal stability framework to investigate the impact of data center demand response on power system inter-area oscillations. Through eigenvalue analysis and time-domain simulations, the results demonstrate that UPS-based demand response can enhance inter-area oscillation damping. In contrast, the HVAC subsystem is shown to be inherently incapable of providing effective oscillation damping due to its limited thermal response bandwidth. A gradient-based optimization algorithm is used to tune the UPS controller gain to maximize the damping ratio of the critical inter-area mode. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is validated using the IEEE 39-bus test system.
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Ahmed Alfatlawi, Masoud H. Nazari. 2026-07-30. Inter-Area Oscillation Damping in Data-Center-Integrated Power Systems. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.27575
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