Explores how artificial intelligence is accelerating OLED innovation by navigating vast chemical spaces to design brighter, more efficient, and longer-lasting lighting and display materials.
Clarifies enforcement responsibilities for electrically connected life safety systems, outlining how designers, contractors, and inspectors in Canada must apply requirements.
Explore how the industry-wide labor shortage extends beyond field crews to critical planning, and why retaining retired professionals’ expertise is essential to project success and code compliance.
Modern data centers now operate more like high-density industrial power systems than traditional IT rooms, pushing the limits of conductor ampacity, grounding, overcurrent protection, and medium-voltage distribution.
The winter edition of the 2026 IAEI Magazine marks the 50th anniversary of the UL Solutions Question Corner column. The UL Question Corner – now UL Solutions Question Corner – first appeared in the January 1976 edition of the IAEI News. T
U.S. data center electricity consumption has tripled from 58 TWh in 2014 to 176 TWh in 2023, with projections suggesting it could reach 325-580 TWh by 2028—potentially consuming up to 12% of total U.S. electricity generation.
The race toward faster, greener data centers is bringing a surge of uncertified and custom equipment — leaving inspectors and AHJs to determine compliance in a rapidly changing landscape.
By separating conductor ampacity from equipment limitations, this article provides a structured approach to selecting conductors and OCPDs that meet both electrical performance and NEC requirements.
As data centers multiply to power the AI revolution, electrical inspectors find themselves on the front lines of ensuring these massive digital engines run safely and reliably.
This article builds on Part I by examining the NEC rules for feeder taps, clarifying how conductors can be protected when OCPDs are not located at the supply point under Section 240.21(B).