Patent ID: 11868106
Assignee: LANCIUM LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 26:
27. A method comprising:
receiving, at a group controller, a directive for controlling power consumption by a plurality of computing systems, wherein the plurality of computing systems receive behind-the-meter (“BTM”) power from a utility scale power generation station with a power generation capacity of at least 50 MW that is capable of providing power to an electrical grid, wherein the BTM power is received without flowing through the electrical grid, and wherein the directive depends on BTM power availability directly from the power generation station at the plurality of computing systems; and
based on the directive, providing, by the group controller, instructions to: (i) a first set controller configured to control a first set of computing systems of the plurality of computing systems by providing instructions to the first set of computing systems to adjust power consumption by the first set of computing systems without disabling power to the first set of computing systems and (ii) a second set controller configured to control a second set of computing systems of the plurality of computing systems by providing instructions to the second set of computing systems to adjust power consumption by the second set of computing systems without disabling power to the second set of computing systems,
wherein the first set controller and the second set controller are configured to operate the respective first set of computing systems and the respective second set of computing systems only intermittently when BTM power from the utility scale power generation station is available to supply power to the respective first and second sets of computing systems.