This week, Andy Kochanowski, PhD, Founder and CEO of Alerify, visited Penn State University’s Department of Architectural Engineering to engage with faculty and graduate students working on advanced data center energy research. The visit underscored the growing importance of collaboration between industry and academia as data centers continue to evolve. Wangda Zuo, Andy Kochanowski, Viswanathan Ganesh, and Michael Maloney at Penn State University During the visit, Ph.D. stud