Center for Infrastructure Resilience, Affordability, and Security (CIRAS)

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Center for Infrastructure Resilience, Affordability, and Security

CIRAS is an initiative to address both surging data center demands and escalating threats facing United States' critical infrastructure.

 

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US critical infrastructure systems face unprecedented threats

The nation's energy, water, communications, and transportation systems faces a convergence of threats: natural disasters, cyber-physical vulnerabilities, aging systems, surging AI and data center demands, and fragmented sector-specific approaches that hinder coordinated response. CIRAS is uniquely positioned to help by transforming national resilience from reactive response to predictive protection. 

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Our Mission

To ensure reliable, safe, affordable, and secure infrastructure systems for all Americans by uniting interdisciplinary expertise and resources to move from reactive crisis response to predictive protection.
Approach
We deliver integrated, decision-support systems that empower federal agencies, state governments, utilities, and communities.
Proven Platforms
We leverage ORNL platforms with a proven legacy — such as LandScan, EAGLE-I, and TASTI-GRID — to provide real-time situational awareness and proactive planning tools
Targeted Improvement
We target a 20% improvement in critical infrastructure system efficiency
Outage Prediction
Advanced grid outage prediction capabilities from two to three days out.
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Nationwide Coverage
We provide national coverage across energy, water, communications, and transportation sectors
Affordability
We bring advanced grid modeling, risk assessment, and economic impact analysis to balance infrastructure reliability with affordability for utilities