2026 Event Schedule

Data center development is accelerating rapidly as AI workloads surge, driving both an increase in the number of new facilities and a significant rise in their power requirements. Utilities are struggling to keep up, facing mounting pressure on aging infrastructure while interconnection queues grow longer. Large scale grid upgrades are necessary, but timelines for planning, permitting, and equipment delivery continue to stretch. As a result, utilities and developers need a way to bring data centers online faster, without compromising reliability or risking system instability.

Utilities face pressure from both sides. The data center customers require the services they need to interconnect and the other customers want to ensure data centers don’t drive up their electricity rates. There is a necessity for utilities and data centers to work together to find creative and flexible solutions to speed up the interconnection without impacting the rest of the utility customer base.

This panel of industry experts will dive into what solutions are available today to meet this need and what utilities,  data centers, and solutions need to invest in now to build a sustainable business model which doesn’t impact customer affordability.

Session Sponsored by Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc.