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July 14 - 16, 2026 | Hyatt Regency Austin | Austin, TX
Data Center Developers, Policymakers, Utilities & Power Generators Come Together to Explore How to Meet the Challenges & Seize the Opportunities to Meet a Generational Increase in Load
AI and other data centers seeking power have surged, illustrated by a 300% increase in interconnection requests in ERCOT alone over the course of 2025. The radical increase in the amount of electricity needed to reliably power new data centers is a generational opportunity for the energy industry to grow—and grow profitably. With most data centers seeking vast amounts of power by the 2028-2029 period, speed to power issues are dominating energy policy at the federal level, while state legislators and regulators are responding to public fears of increasing power costs with new policies aimed at changing the dynamics of powering data centers. PowerUp Data Centers - Infrastructure will focus on:
- How massive new hybrid data/power facilities are tapping into a wide range of generation technologies
- Innovative solutions to provide initial ramp-up and bridge gaps to full interconnection with the grid
- The possibility of sourcing power from legacy generation
- New interconnection processes for large loads
- Fast-tracking the addition of massive amounts of generation and transmission
- New financing structures that combine commercial real estate and project finance tenets
PowerUp Data Centers - Infrastructure will provide a detailed analysis of the mix of solutions that the energy industry are using to power data center facilities in the near-term, as well as the pathways by which those centers may transition to lower emission and more economic long-term power supplies.
The event will bring together data center developers, policymakers, utilities and renewable energy providers to 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
- The roles that gas-fired generation, wind, solar, storage, microgrids, and nuclear power can play in meeting the enormous near term demands of data centers
- 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
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PowerUp Data Centers - Infrastructure 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.
95
Expert Speakers
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and market stakeholders
21
Content-Packed Sessions
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HEAR FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS & EXPERTS
- 804 Advisory LLC
- A Better Choice Consulting, LLC
- Aligned Data Centers
- Akin
- Apex Clean Energy
- APS
- Arizona Corporation Commission
- Arroyo Investors
- Ascend Analytics
- ASG Group
- Baker Botts
- BDO
- Bitdeer
- Bracewell
- BrightNight
- CBRE Energy
- CFO Services
- CleanArc Data Centers
- Compass Datacenters
- Constellation Energy
- CounterpointeSRE
- Crusoe
- CyrusOne
- Data Center Coalition
- Davies
- EdgeConneX Inc.
- EDP
- El Paso Electric
- Enchanted Rock
- Energy Vault
- ENGIE North America
- EOS Capital Advisors
- ERCOT
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) (former Commissioners)
- Fluence - A Siemens and AES Company
- Georgia Public Service Commission
- GreeneHurlocker
- Grenergy USA
- GQS New Energy Strategies
- H5 Data Centers
- Hanwha Renewables
- Husch Blackwell
- I Squared Capital
- Illinois Commerce Commission
- Infrawatt
- Jones Lang LaSalle IP, Inc.
- Lancium
- MISO
- McGuireWoods
- Morgan Lewis
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
- ON.energy
- Orrick
- PEI
- PIQ Energy
- Portland General Electric
- PSEG
- Rappahannock Electric Cooperative
- Rayburn Electric Cooperative
- Reliability Engine
- REV Renewables
- Salt River Project
- Satoshi Energy
- SPP
- Stak Energy
- Swift Current Energy
- TKO Energy Capital, LLC
- Troutman Pepper Locke
- Twenty First Century Utilities
- Virginia State Corporation Commission
- X Energy
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Data Center Developers, Owners, and Operators
Utilities, Co-ops and Public Powers
Engineering/EPC Service Providers
Consulting, Analytics, and Platform Providers
REITs & Real Estate Investors
Lenders
Corporate Data Center Customers
Renewable Energy, Generation, Storage
& Microgrid Developers
Law Firms
Generation and Transmission Technology
OEMs and Suppliers
Infrastructure Investors
2025 RECAP
440+
Event Participants
70
Expert Speakers
19
Content-Packed Sessions
PAST PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
- Aligned Data Centers
- CFEX, Inc
- CleanArc Centers
- First Mile Development
- CleanArc Data Centers
- ETX Upstream
- Forsite Infrastructure
- CyrusOne
- DC Grid, Inc.
- Gateway Digital Infrastructure
- Green Data USA
- Hut 8 Corp.
- IRG Data
- Soluna
- Southport Partners
- Virideas Holdings
Data Centers / Digital Infra. Developers
- AEP
- Basin Electric Power Cooperative
- Central Hudson Gas & Electric
- Dominion Energy
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co
- Portland General Electric (PGE)
- Salt River Project
- SERC Reliability Corporation
- Vistra Corp
Utilities
- AEP Energy
- Apex Clean Energy
- Arevon Energy
- Avantus
- Candela Renewables
- Constellation Energy
- Enchanted Rock
- Enel Green Power
- ENGIE
- FlexGen
- Forsite Infrastructure
- Geronimo Power
- Lightsource bp
- LS Power
- Prologis
- Repsol Renewables NA
- Savion Energy
- Sempra Infrastructure Partners, LP
- Shell Energy North America
Power Providers
sponsors
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Hyatt Regency Austin
208 Barton Springs Rd
Austin, TX 78704
Phone: (512) 477-1234
Room Rate: $199
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Cutoff Date: Monday, June 22, 2026
Group Name: PowerUp Data Centers 2026
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