Energy Intelligence Platform for Data Centres
GridForce AI is Aerum Labs’ energy intelligence model — built for Australian data centres navigating the NEM’s new active grid participation framework.
The Australian Government’s March 2026 Data Centre Expectations require operators to demonstrate demand flexibility, peak-load management, and grid stability contribution as part of regulatory approval. GridForce AI is the evidence and optimisation layer that makes that demonstrable — starting with a read-only Phase 1 deployment that carries zero operational risk.
Read the alignment →What your operators see.
A live, volatile site turned into a short list of clear, costed actions — with your operator in control.
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Sense
Reads every energy asset on your site in real time — solar, storage, grid, and compute load — in one view.
Anticipate
Sees what’s coming — demand climbs, price spikes, grid disturbances — before they reach your bill or your uptime.
Recommend
Surfaces the precise next move, with the dollar impact and the reasoning attached — not a wall of alerts.
You approve
Nothing acts without your operator’s sign-off. The intelligence does the reasoning; your team stays in control.
The energy-management gap that AI workloads create.
The point where existing systems stop being adequate, and operators start losing money and reliability.
Grid access is constrained and slow
Operators in major metros face multi-year connection timelines and capacity bottlenecks on aging grid infrastructure. The platform must optimise around limited grid access, not assume it will always be available.
AI workloads are unpredictable by nature
Training runs and inference bursts generate instantaneous load spikes with little warning. Agents need to anticipate demand shifts, not just react — which requires continuous forecasting, not periodic monitoring.
Renewable assets require active orchestration
Co-located solar and BESS introduce bidirectional power flows that change minute to minute. Effective orchestration means reasoning across generation, storage, and grid state simultaneously — not managing each in isolation.
Poor dispatch decisions compound into real cost
Peak demand charges, suboptimal storage dispatch, and reactive decisions accumulate into material cost. Agentic management exists to close the gap between what operators know and what they can act on in time.
A new intelligence layer for energy at the edge.
04 → 01
Always watching
Continuous visibility across every energy asset — solar, storage, grid connection, and compute load — unified in a single real-time view.
Always learning
Models that improve over time, building a precise understanding of your site’s unique energy behaviour and demand patterns.
Operator-led action
Explainable recommendations with the reasoning behind each one — so your team acts with confidence, not guesswork.
Always protected
Hard safety limits ensure the platform never acts outside your parameters. Grid events, frequency excursions, and load anomalies are absorbed before they reach your infrastructure.
Measurable outcomes. No overpromising.
Based on published research and comparable deployments, this is what operators can reasonably target.
| # | Target | Outcome | Mechanism | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Up to 25% Quantified · cited | Reduction in energy waste |
AI-optimised dispatch reduces over-provisioning and curtailment losses, lowering cost per rack without compromising availability. |
Supported by IEEE research on AI microgrid optimisation |
| 02 | Reduce Directional target | Demand-charge spikes |
Demand charges can be 30–40% of electricity bills. Better forecasting and smarter dispatch reduce unmanaged peaks over time. |
Outcomes vary by site — baseline audit required |
| 03 | Reduce Directional target | Exposure to unplanned downtime |
Early visibility of potential fault conditions and grid instability gives operators a window to act before an incident becomes an outage. |
Response time depends on operator protocols |
| 04 | Increase Directional target | Renewable utilisation |
Smarter scheduling of co-located solar and BESS increases self-consumption and cuts grid import during peak tariff periods. |
Subject to asset configuration and site conditions |
01 is the only quantified target on this page. 02–04 state a direction of travel only — magnitude is established against your own baseline during the initial audit, not claimed here.
FAQ
Answers to the questions operators ask before requesting a conversation.
What does GridForce actually do, in plain terms?
GridForce connects to your energy assets — solar, battery storage, grid connection, and compute load — and watches them continuously. When a demand peak, price spike, or grid event is approaching, it calculates the best response and presents your operator with a clear, costed action to approve. Nothing happens without human sign-off.
How quickly does the platform respond to grid events?
Agent response to grid frequency events is under 500ms. Dispatch recommendations are generated within the 5-minute market interval, in time for your operator to act before the window closes.
Does GridForce take automated actions without operator approval?
No. Every recommended action requires explicit operator approval before execution. The platform is designed to eliminate the information gap, not to remove the operator from the loop. Hard safety limits are enforced at all times regardless of operator input.
What assets and infrastructure does GridForce integrate with?
GridForce is designed for data centres with co-located generation and storage — on-site solar, battery energy storage systems (BESS), and grid connections. It works alongside your existing SCADA, BMS, and metering infrastructure. Integration requirements are assessed during the initial conversation.
Is GridForce suitable for a facility still in planning or development?
Yes. Early engagement is often where the most value is created — GridForce can inform asset sizing, storage configuration, and grid connection strategy before capital is committed. We work with operators at build, expansion, and operational stages.
How is our data handled and is the platform secure?
GridForce is built to enterprise security standards. Operational data is encrypted in transit and at rest, access is role-based, and the platform is designed with the security requirements of critical energy infrastructure in mind. A detailed security fact sheet is available on request.
Three required capabilities. One evidence layer.
The Australian Government’s March 2026 Expectations for data centres and AI infrastructure developers explicitly require operators to demonstrate demand flexibility, peak-load management, and contribution to grid stability — as a prerequisite for Commonwealth regulatory prioritisation. The AEMC’s concurrent access standard framework classifies large data centres as active grid participants, introducing new technical obligations at connection.
Demand flexibility
AEMO-aligned telemetry captured continuously across compute load, generation, and grid import.
Peak-load management
BESS dispatch records evidencing managed peaks against the demand-charge threshold.
Contribution to grid stability
Demand response evidence and frequency-event response records at the connection point.
GridForce AI Phase 1 generates the AEMO-aligned telemetry, BESS dispatch records, and demand response evidence that form the documented basis of compliance demonstration — before any commercial commitments are made.
Source: Australian Government, Expectations for data centres and AI infrastructure developers, 23 March 2026 (industry.gov.au)
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