# Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab is a public research laboratory whose work includes measuring and modeling data-center energy use.

Type: organization. Context selected by Escape Meridian; inclusion is not endorsement.

[Collection](/entities/berkeley-lab)
[Original website](https://www.lbl.gov/)

## Sources

- [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory](https://datacenters.lbl.gov/): Test infrastructure narratives against equipment, electricity and water accounting.

## Perspectives


## Terminal notes

- [Infrastructure needs a range, not one inevitable curve](/notes/berkeley-data-centre-scenarios.md): Berkeley Lab's U.S. data-centre report reconstructs electricity demand from 2014 using prior studies and shipment data, then develops a range of scenarios through 2028. Physical deployment becomes a question of assumptions that can be inspected.

## Parallels

- [A discovery is a beginning](/parallels?parallel=discovery-to-benefit): What has to happen for a technical advance to become a shared benefit?

## Context references

- [https://www.lbl.gov/](https://www.lbl.gov/)
- [https://datacenters.lbl.gov/](https://datacenters.lbl.gov/)

Latest published distillations: [Publications API](/api/pipeline/publications?entity=berkeley-lab)