Hammerhead AI and Columbia Study AI Factory Power Control

Oct 6, 2026
Hammerhead AI and Columbia University will study reinforcement learning methods for coordinating power, cooling and compute in AI infrastructure.

Hammerhead AI and Columbia University are collaborating on research into power orchestration for AI factories, the company said in a press release on October 6. The work will examine how reinforcement learning can coordinate power, cooling and compute within operational, reliability and safety limits.

Researchers will formulate and simulate control methods, then evaluate their performance under equipment limits and operating policies. The research will also examine how AI facilities can use available power capacity while maintaining controls defined by operators.

The Columbia team is led by Clifford Stein, a professor of industrial engineering, operations research and computer science. It includes researchers and graduate students from the university's Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, working with Hammerhead AI's engineering and simulation teams.

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