DESCRIPTION
The 9th U.S. Data Center Power and Capacity Summit is a two-day technical forum for the power
and energy procurement leads, grid interconnection teams, site development and permitting
executives, and generation and grid-infrastructure providers securing electricity for AI-scale digital
infrastructure in the United States.
The power problem has changed shape. A decade of data center development assumed utility
power was prompt, routine feeds sufficed, and permitting was a formality. AI-scale demand has
broken all three assumptions: grid backlogs pushing 70,000 MW in top markets now delay
energization by 1.5 to 2 years; behind-the-meter gas, fuel cells, and nuclear have shifted from backup
options to default requirements with complex emission and contracting issues; and local
government entitlement dates, rather than utility agreements, have become the primary
bottleneck for getting projects built.
Held in Washington, D.C., at the doorstep of the world's leading primary data center market, it will
bring together leading experts and influential voices from across the industry ecosystem for a
high-level exchange of insights, ideas, and perspectives shaping the future of data center power.