The Lab’s power demand is expected to nearly triple by 2045, driven primarily by expansions in scientific computing. This growth requires significant infrastructure upgrades to support the Lab’s advanced data processing and simulation capabilities. To meet this critical need, the Lab launched the Linear Assets Modernization Project (LAMP), a comprehensive project led by the Projects and Infrastructure Modernization Division (PIMD), to modernize our utility systems.

Spanning approximately five years, LAMP will increase delivery efficiency, reduce downtime, and meet growing power demands through designing and constructing utility upgrades across the Lab. Utility systems to be modernized include electricity, water, natural gas, compressed air, sewer, storm drain, process controls, and IT.

Key benefits of these upgrades include:

• Modernize linear utilities across the site, including natural gas, electrical distribution, and water services and, where possible, add system loops, which will increase utility service diversity and resiliency.
• Develop utility corridors where common system alignments are practical. Utility corridors will create future operations and maintenance efficiencies, which means fewer traffic impacts and fewer maintenance outages.
• Increase electrical capacity at Grizzly Substation, and provide additional power for users.

Before the actual construction can begin, LAMP will conduct preliminary site investigations of underground utilities this spring, mapping 29 locations along Lawrence and Glaser Roads. Teams will use potholing methods to carefully excavate and document the existing utilities, with each site taking several days to complete before being restored back to previous conditions. View all site locations on the Site Impacts Map.

This comprehensive infrastructure project is vital to the Lab’s future. LAMP’s utility distribution improvements will enhance safety, reduce legacy risks, and triple the Lab’s power capacity — enabling the next generation of scientific discovery at the Lab.

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View project status and expected impacts across the Lab at: https://lamp-updates.lbl.gov/.