2025 Session Spotlights
Data Center World POWER is designed to spark collaboration and action across the entire data center power value chain.
From Dirt to Distribution: Phasing Power through the Build Cycle
This session walks through the power lifecycle of a data center project, from early-phase site mobilization to final energization. Designed for developers, engineers, construction managers, and utility stakeholders, it breaks down the phased strategies necessary to ensure reliable, timely, and cost-effective power deployment. Real-world lessons from the field, risk insights, and timeline pitfalls will be discussed.
- Strategic planning for temporary power at greenfield sites
- Sequencing and permitting considerations for phased power delivery
- Generator strategies: sourcing, sizing, deployment, and fuel planning
- Best practices for transitioning from construction power to permanent utility tie-in
- Lessons learned: minimizing downtime, safety risks, and schedule disruption
Valerie Crafton
(CEO/OWNER, VALC and MJC VALConsultants & Mara Jade Consulting)
Mara Ervin
(Founder, MJC)
Accelerating Nuclear Deployments for AI Infrastructure... within 5 Years
Understand the energy strategies shaping the future of sustainable, high-density data center power.
• Next-gen nuclear technologies—like SMRs and microreactors—designed to meet AI-driven power demands.
• Strategic public-private partnerships accelerating nuclear deployment in digital infrastructure.
• Integrated power solutions combining nuclear, BESS, gas, and solar for maximum reliability and flexibility.
• Policy and permitting breakthroughs needed to scale nuclear energy within a five-year timeline.
Brian Smith
(Director, Nuclear Reactor Development, Idaho National Laboratory)
Mark Gusakov
(Chief Certification Officer, International Data Center Authority)
Mike Donohue
(VP of Data Center Solutions & Business Development, Oklo)
Alison Hahn
(Technical Advisor, Nuclear Energy Institute)
AI Factory Architecture: Design & Construction Approaches in Data Center Delivery
- Understand strategies that are supporting increased construction speeds across the industry
- Hear about the implications of increasing power requirements, reduced redundancy, and renewable energy solutions in AI
- Evaluate the spatial impacts of current approaches to future-proofing mechanical systems for AI
Noah Rosenthal
(Product Design Specialist, SNHA, a Woolpert Company)
Alex Zimmerman, AIA, LEED AP, CPHC
(Senior Architect, SNHA, a Woolpert Company)
Lou Wright, RA, LEED AP BD+C
(Program Sustainability Lead, Mission Critical, SNHA, a Woolpert Company)
The State of the Data Center & Energy Today
- Explore the critical intersection between modern data center infrastructure and evolving energy solutions through expert perspectives from two industry leaders.
- Bill Kleyman, Executive Chair, DCW and Co-Founder, CEO, Apolo.us presents a comprehensive overview of current data center trends, challenges, and innovations shaping the industry's future.
- Mike Sloan, CEO of Synergetic LLC and Texas Hydrogen LLC, delivers a focused analysis of the power sector's transformation, including renewable integration and hydrogen technologies.
- Engage directly with both experts in an extended open forum addressing the most pressing questions at the nexus of data centers and sustainable energy solutions.
- Gain actionable intelligence on how emerging energy paradigms and data center advancements will collectively influence business strategies and technological implementations.
Bill Kleyman
(Co-Founder, CEO, Apolo.us)
Mike Sloan
(CEO, Synergetic LLC, Texas Hydrogen LLC)