Smart Grid AI Accelerator Card Market Trends: the market is forecast to reach US$ 20,216 million by 2031

The global Smart Grid AI Accelerator Card market is entering a high-growth stage. According to QYResearch report Smart Grid AI Accelerator Card - Global Market Share and Ranking, Overall Sales and Demand Forecast 2025-2031, the market was US$ 2,825 million in 2024 and is forecast to reach US$ 20,216 million by 2031, achieving a CAGR of 36.9% from 2025 to 2031.

This expansion is fueled by rapid adoption of digital twins, edge inference at substations, and surging electricity demand from AI-driven data centers. Industry developments in 2024-2025, including NVIDIA's intelligent grid collaborations, Intel's Gaudi 3 PCIe accelerator launch, and Huawei's 5G smart grid deployments, are reshaping strategies across the ecosystem.

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Leading Companies

NVIDIA
AMD
Intel
Huawei
Qualcomm
IBM
Hailo
Denglin Technology
Haiguang Information Technology
Achronix Semiconductor
Graphcore
Suyuan
Kunlun Core
Cambricon
DeepX
Advantech



Applications

Industrial Power Grid
Civil Power Grid
Military Power Grid



Classification

Cloud Deployment
Terminal Deployment



Latest Data

· Market size in 2024: US$ 2,825 million

· Forecast size in 2031: US$ 20,216 million

· CAGR (2025-2031): 36.9%

· Coverage: revenue and volume forecast, company share, competitive landscape, growth drivers, restraints, and regulatory impacts



Five Flagship Products

NVIDIA - L4 Tensor Core GPU

· Precision throughput: up to 485 TFLOPS FP8/INT8

· FP32: 30.3 TFLOPS

· Memory: 24 GB, 300 GB/s bandwidth

· Form factor: PCIe Gen4 x16, 72 W TDP

· Deployment: Substation servers and anomaly detection in AMI networks



AMD - Instinct MI210 PCIe Accelerator

· Compute: CDNA2 architecture

· Memory: 64 GB HBM2e, 1.6 TB/s bandwidth

· Form factor: PCIe card for training and inference

· Strength: High FP16/FP32 throughput for optimization models



Intel - Gaudi 3 HL-338 PCIe Add-In Card

· Memory: 128 GB HBM2e, 96 MB on-die SRAM

· Bandwidth: PCIe Gen5 x16 at 128 GB/s

· Multi-card scale: up to 1,200 GB/s across four cards

· Peak performance: 1,835 TFLOPS FP8

· Focus: Long-horizon forecasting and reinforcement learning grid simulators



Huawei - Atlas 300I AI Accelerator

· Based on Ascend 310 cores

· Memory: up to 32 GB LPDDR4X

· Bandwidth: 204.8 GB/s

· Power: 67-72 W

· Role: Edge inference for substation video and feeder fault detection



Hailo - Hailo-8 PCIe Card

· Performance: scalable to 208 TOPS

· Efficiency: exceptional TOPS per watt

· Use: RTU and IED gateways for low-latency detection of faults and vibration analysis



Downstream Customers

Southern California Edison
National Grid ESO
State Grid Corporation of China
China Southern Power Grid
RTE
Iberdrola
Enel Grids
Duke Energy
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
American Electric Power
Entergy
E.ON
Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks
Tokyo Electric Power Company
Korea Electric Power Corporation



Market Trend

Digital Twins Move to Production

Utilities are shifting from pilot programs to operational digital twins. Siemens Energy reported up to 10,000-fold speed improvements in transformer simulations with AI acceleration. National Grid ESO is developing a Virtual Energy System covering the entire UK grid, cutting planning cycles for renewable integration and stability analysis.



Edge Inference in Substations

Low-power PCIe accelerators such as NVIDIA L4 and Hailo-8 are being installed in substation servers and roadside cabinets. These cards handle thermal imaging, waveform anomalies, and phasor data streams locally, reducing latency and improving reliability in civil grids.



AI for Interconnection Queue Bottlenecks

With record renewable project backlogs, regulators and operators are deploying AI to speed interconnection studies. Accelerator cards are powering stochastic power-flow and stability screening, reducing processing time for new solar, wind, and storage applications.



Hardware Shift: FP8 and Big Memory

Vendors are introducing FP8 support, PCIe Gen5 connectivity, and HBM memory in accelerator cards. Intel's Gaudi 3 with 128 GB HBM2e exemplifies this trend, enabling utilities to run large-sequence forecasting models and optimization solvers with unprecedented memory headroom.



AI Data Centers Driving Grid Investments

RTE in France estimates around €100 billion investment needs by 2040 to accommodate AI-driven load surges. In the UK, utilities are exploring unconventional options such as gas-pipeline connections for AI campuses, reflecting grid stress and the urgency for AI-assisted planning.



5G + AI for Distribution Automation

State Grid of China and Huawei demonstrated a 5G smart grid solution that integrates AI inference at distribution feeders. Private 5G networks coupled with AI accelerators enable real-time monitoring, fault detection, and automatic restoration.



Venture Capital and Ecosystem Expansion

National Grid Partners committed US$ 100 million to AI energy startups in 2025, accelerating commercialization. Collaborations like Southern California Edison with NVIDIA show utilities moving rapidly to production deployment of AI-accelerated solutions.



Applications Expanded

Industrial Power Grid - Heavy industry campuses are integrating accelerator cards for real-time asset monitoring and harmonic management.



Civil Power Grid - Transmission and distribution utilities are embedding accelerators in control centers and substations to forecast renewable output, detect faults, and optimize topology.



Military Power Grid - Hardened microgrids deploy accelerators for resilient, offline inference supporting cyber-resiliency and mission-critical continuity.



Classification Expanded

Cloud Deployment - Utility private clouds and co-located data centers employ high-memory cards such as Gaudi 3 for long-horizon forecasting and probabilistic power-flow simulations.



Terminal Deployment - Edge accelerators such as NVIDIA L4, Huawei Atlas 300I, and Hailo-8 perform sub-second inference on video, waveform, and AMI data near the asset, minimizing latency and improving resilience.



The Smart Grid AI Accelerator Card market is entering a decisive phase between 2025 and 2031, supported by technological innovation, urgent grid modernization needs, and expanding customer adoption. From high-memory PCIe accelerators in cloud deployments to ultra-efficient inference cards at the edge, the sector is transforming how utilities manage the challenges of renewable integration, demand surges, and infrastructure resiliency.

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