A recent report from the Department of Energy estimated that the electricity usage by U.S. data centers will at a minimum double by 2028, when such centers will consume up to 12% of the electricity in the nation. The radical increase in the amount of electricity needed to reliably power the AI and cyber mining facilities driving this huge increase is a generational opportunity for the energy industry to grow--and grow profitably.

However, meeting this challenge via “conventional” methods will require vast quantities of new power generation, enormously expedited interconnection queues and significant new build in transmission capacity—much of which is unlikely to be available in the time frame required. Obviously, conventional methods must be supplemented by alternative solutions.

This remarkable event will provide a detailed analysis of the mix of conventional and bridge solutions that the energy industry can use to power data center facilities in the near-term, as well as the pathways by which those centers may eventually transition to lower emission long-term power supplies.

Powering Hyperscale Data Centers will examine the thorny tariff and other policy decisions that must be made to balance the use of collocated power generation with the huge investments in transmission infrastructure desperately needed to maintain reliable electric service. It will lay out the roles that wind, solar, storage, gas-fired generation, microgrids, and nuclear power can play in meeting the enormous (and remarkably near term) demands of hyperscale data centers. And what will the deals, contracts and other arrangements for such power supplies look like?

Powering Hyperscale Data Centers will bring together data center developers, policymakers, utilities & renewable energy providers to explore how to seize the opportunities and meet the challenges of reliably powering hyperscale data centers. They will discuss:

• How policy, energy infrastructure planning, power procurements and energy investments across North America are changing in response to the unprecedented increases in data center demand
• The pluses and minuses of using collocated projects, onsite power supplies, microgrids, and other solutions to provide reliable power to data centers NOW
• The impacts of new interconnection and transmission planning processes on the timelines for connecting data centers to the grid, and the development of new processes for interconnecting large loads
• How the sometimes-competing goals of securing power supplies immediately vs meeting corporate clean energy goals are affecting power supply deals, tariff structures, and local permitting
• What investors, lenders, and other players are looking for in terms of contracts, tariffs, and other arrangements in order to finance data center developments and their associated power projects

Attend to network with and learn from key decision-makers, leading players, and your peers about how the industry can meet the challenges and seize this remarkable opportunity to profitably meet the power needs of a wave of hyperscale data centers.