New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- Google's rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is creating a pressing question for the energy industry: how can data centres secure more electricity without placing additional strain on power grids? Amanda Peterson Corio, the company's global head of data centre energy, is working on an approach that could turn some of these energy-hungry facilities into more flexible participants in the electricity system.

Rather than treating data centres solely as consumers of power, Google is exploring how their electricity use can be adjusted to help utilities manage periods of high demand.

Peterson Corio oversees energy procurement, policy and infrastructure development for Google's global data centres.

She has more tha...