Utility Best Practices Managing Data Center Growth: Real Needs, Concrete Solutions, and Required Actions

As AI, cloud computing, and high-performance workloads drive unprecedented energy demand, electric utilities face a critical challenge: balancing digital infrastructure expansion with grid reliability. How can RTOs effectively direct this traffic? What does it mean for key stakeholders to best collaborate to keep everyone moving forward?

This panel brings together utility leaders and grid strategists to explore how emerging technologies and proactive partnership can overcome interconnection bottlenecks, manage rapid load ramp rates, and align fast-paced digital construction timelines with multi-year utility capital planning. Attendees will gain actionable insights on co-locating power generation, deploying dynamic capacity management, and designing flexible rate structures that accelerate energization without sacrificing regional grid stability or long-term sustainability goals.