Data Centers & Intelligent Power Distribution: De-risking the Transition to a Sustainable, Modernized Grid

AI data centers are being cast as the grid's biggest threat. But the flexibility work is already underway, unlocking grid capacity without new fossil generation, new transmission lines, or higher rates for everyone else on the system. Join us to hear from innovators and regulators for a lightning roundtable discussion on how data centers adopting new technology solutions can leapfrog the industry toward a more sustainable, resilient, and affordable grid from the circuit level to orchestration. Featured Speakers: Alan Neuhauser - Energy & Climate, Axios Morgan Scott - Electrification and Sustainable Energy Strategy, EPRI Anna Demeo - Founder & CEO, Merge4 Energy Tim Heidel - Co-Founder & CEO, VEIR Derrick Kemph - Chief Revenue Officer, Splight Details: Date: Wednesday, September 23rd Time: 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM ET (lightning talks start 12pm, networking 11:30–12:00 PM) We will explore how grid operators are rethinking electrification strategy alongside the hardware innovations reshaping power inside and around the data centers. We will unpack how solid-state, software-defined power electronics inside the data center can bring intelligence to power distribution—the same shift from electromechanical to intelligent hardware that has already transformed computing and nearly every other industry it touched. Solid-state hardware also wastes less energy converting and switching power than the equipment it replaces, so every gain in flexibility comes with a gain in efficiency too. We'll also dig into how superconducting transmission technology can carry far more power through existing rights-of-way and interconnection points, unlocking new grid capacity without the years-long buildout of new transmission lines. Co-Hosts: Future Heights VenturesCrucible Capital NosTerra Capital