en.Wedoany.com Reported - Dimension News, the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a partnership at the AWS Summit in Washington, D.C. on July 1, 2026, to jointly advance the development of the GridSearch project. GridSearch is an AI-based solution designed to transform how new power generation facilities connect to the U.S. power grid.
The GridSearch project leverages the Grid Foundation Model (GridFM) as its core technology, an open-source project developed under the Linux Foundation Energy, with major contributions from institutions including IBM Research, Hydro-Québec, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook University, and Argonne National Laboratory. As an AI system, GridFM significantly accelerates grid simulation speed while maintaining computational accuracy and robustness. Traditional grid simulation methods can take months, whereas GridSearch can reduce this process to minutes.
Brookhaven National Laboratory Director John Hill stated: "GridSearch is an excellent example of how to apply Genesis Mission capabilities to real-world scenarios, helping the nation achieve continued progress in AI and modernization of energy infrastructure." The laboratory is developing GridSearch as part of the Genesis Mission, a national initiative led by the U.S. Department of Energy aimed at accelerating scientific discovery, driving energy innovation, and strengthening national security through artificial intelligence.
The core value of GridSearch lies in addressing key challenges in the grid interconnection process. Traditional interconnection study processes for new infrastructure—including AI data centers, energy production facilities, and advanced manufacturing plants—connecting to the grid are time-consuming and costly. GridSearch changes this paradigm by pre-screening thousands of potential interconnection locations to identify optimal connection points with minimal impact on the grid.
AWS Director of Global Civilian Government Business Christian Hoff said: "AWS and the DOE's Genesis Mission share deep alignment in building large-scale scientific computing platforms, and GridSearch is an AI-driven innovation that puts this direction into practice. Our collaboration with Brookhaven National Laboratory reflects AWS's commitment to serving national critical energy and security issues through cloud and AI capabilities."
Through this partnership, AWS will provide computing infrastructure and AI expertise to support the scaling of GridSearch across major U.S. transmission networks. GridSearch has the potential to reduce interconnection timelines from years to months, support data-driven infrastructure planning, and play a positive role in energy security, economic development, and technological innovation. AWS General Manager for Energy and Utilities Joseph Santamaria noted that cloud computing and artificial intelligence are important tools to help energy companies accelerate processes, improve efficiency, and reduce operational costs.
This announcement builds on a previously signed Memorandum of Understanding between the DOE and AWS, which established a cooperation framework for advancing AI and advanced computing initiatives across the DOE system and its 17 national laboratories.
