BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 13 -- Virginia Tech issued the following Q&A on Dec. 12, 2025, by Chelsea Seeber with Ali Mehrizi-Sani, professor of electrical engineering and director of the Power and Energy Center: * * * Powering the future: Researchers tackle the data center challenge With funding from the College of Engineering Major Grants Initiative, they aim to establish a convergent research center that pioneers autonomous, scalable, and secure data center ecosystems. * Data centers are   more