This guide covers the design and installation of substations in applications for data centers and other large loads. This includes large load substation applications up to 800 kV ac and dc with large capacity up to 15 GW. The document provides guidance for: substation Transmission and Distribution (T&D) interconnection requirements to the power grid, typical system configurations, ratings, interconnection voltages, system reliability and redundance, onsite generation and energy storage, impact of compute load on substation equipment ratings and operation, typical power system studies such as transient and harmonic analysis, community and environment acceptance, short circuit modelling at high power density, power transformer strategy, switchgear equipment strategy, telemetry between substation equipment and compute loads, system expansion and growth, disaster planning and resilience.
- Standard Committee
- PE/SUB - Substations Committee
- Status
- Active PAR
- PAR Approval
- 2026-05-14
Working Group Details
- Society
- IEEE Power and Energy Society
- Standard Committee
- PE/SUB - Substations Committee
- Working Group
- WGT1 - WGT1 - Digital Infrastructure
- Working Group Chair
- EDUARDO RAMIREZ-BETTONI
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