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Welcome to the Bits & Watts Initiative The electricity grid is undergoing a once-in-a-century transformation. The mission of Bits & Watts is to engage research, education, and industry to anticipate that change and find innovative and sustainable solutions to power the 21st century electric grid.
Bits & Watts Flagship on Sustainably Powering AI AI offers enormous potential for a sustainable future, leveraging the vast amount of data in the energy system to optimize everything from battery management to changing energy markets to grid operation and planning. But this intellectual power comes at the cost of electrical power, and lots of it. The rapid growth of AI is straining the existing power grid.
In response to the challenges presented by AI, Bits & Watts Initiative launched a flagship program on Sustainably Powering AI in 2025. Learn more about the flagship here .
Powering AI at Speed in California Readout from Stanford roundtable: Speed to Power AI AI x Energy: A Transatlantic Utility Perspective Readout from Executive Roundtable Bits & Watts Adds Eight New Research Projects to Its Sustainable AI Infrastructure Research Portfolio New seed grants expand Stanford’s interdisciplinary portfolio on powering AI sustainably, spanning community engagement, resilient electrical infrastructure, efficient data centers, and environmental sustainability.
Precourt Institute funds 52 projects for sustainable energy research $6. 3 million for new projects in the past year covers the breadth of energy challenges, from sustainably powering AI and industrial decarbonization to renewable fuels and energy security.
'So many opportunities, so little time' Prominent energy researchers inspire, challenge, and propel those early in their careers, discussing possible pathways to solving sustainable energy’s biggest puzzles at a Stanford symposium. Sustainable AI: Seed Grant Kickoff Webinar Class/Seminar Wednesday, August 26, 2026 | 9:00am Explore our educational offerings.
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Sustaining AI (Bits & Watts Initiative) is funded by Stanford University (Precourt Institute for Energy). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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The Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office's University Training and Research program funds coal, oil and gas, and geothermal R&D at U.S. colleges and universities — but every proposal must include a non-academic partner and must build training modules that outlive the award. The LOI deadline is October 1, 2026, with full applications 15 days later. Here is what that compressed window means and why the workforce framing changes what a competitive proposal looks like.
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