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In this session, speakers will explore the impact the growth in data centers will have on power demand and how that will affect utilities. Presentations by Dr. Tom Wilson of EPRI, Howard Berry of Avison Young, and Joe Hayden of GridBeyond will lead into a question-and-answer session at the end.

Dr. Wilson will discuss projections of power use by U.S. data centers, requests for data center connections, and potential implications for the grid. Dr. Wilson will also discuss the possibilities for more flexible data center operation to accelerate AI development while minimizing costs, lowering carbon emissions, and enhancing system reliability.

Howard Berry, a data center real estate specialist, will discuss site selection considerations, identify current data center hotspots, and explore opportunities for power companies to capitalize on the data center boom. Additionally, he’ll note how macroeconomic trends are affecting the sector, touch on market dynamics he’s observed, and explain how the industry is responding to power, density, and workload location challenges.

Joe Hayden will explain how AI solutions are optimizing energy consumption for data centers. He will touch on the challenges posed by growing energy demand from data centers, including congestion, grid upgrade requirements, and potential reliability risks. Demand side response services, energy forecasting methods, and predictive analytical tools can help to manage energy intensive assets and automatically adjusts power consumption in real-time to balance the grid, without impacting operations, while delivering carbon reductions at the same time.

Join us for an insightful webinar covering this important and timely topic.
Presenters
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Tom Wilson
Principal Technical Executive in the Integrated Grid and Energy Systems Division; EPRI
Dr. Tom Wilson has conducted and managed research related to energy and environmental issues for over 40 years, the majority of which he has spent at EPRI. He has served as a convening lead author for the U.S. National Climate Assessment and as a contributing author to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment and has served in advisory roles to research groups, including MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, the University of Maryland’s Global Energy Technology Strategy Program, Stanford’s Energy Modeling Forum, and the National Renewable Energy Lab. From April 2022-June 2023, Dr. Wilson served as Assistant Director for Electricity at the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the White House. Dr. Wilson co-authored EPRI’s recent white paper, Powering Intelligence: Analyzing Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Energy Consumption, and supported development of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board recommendations [energy.gov] to DOE on actions they could take to help power data centers.
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Howard Berry
Principal, National Data Center Solutions; Avison Young
Howard Berry, Principal at Avison Young and National Director of Data Center Solutions, brings more than 20 years of commercial real estate experience to the table. With a reputation as a leader in the data center industry, Howard has developed a strong expertise in developing, selling, and leasing data center products and investment assets. Throughout his career, Howard has worked on several high-profile projects, including the sale and relocation of Vishay Technologies’ 12-acre data center and Microsoft’s multi-state data center land acquisition.
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Joe Hayden
VP of Revenue; GridBeyond
Joe is VP of Revenue North America, GridBeyond. He brings over 25 years of senior sales leadership experience managing teams across multiple sectors, including electronics, wireless networks, IoTs solutions as well as highly sophisticated automation solutions to the electric utility, security and LED lighting industries. Prior to joining GridBeyond, Joe lead the ERCOT market as GM and VP for CPower. He also orchestrated nationwide channel partner agreements with top integrators in the US such as JCI, Siemens, and Convergint Technologies while leading sales initiatives with AT&T, Exxon, NIH, and Infinity. Joe received his Marketing degree from Texas Tech University.
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Aaron Larson
Executive Editor, POWER magazine
Aaron Larson joined the POWER team in September 2013 as an associate editor and was named executive editor in 2017. Aaron has a bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering technology and a master’s degree, specializing in finance. He spent 13 years in the U.S. Navy nuclear power program, advancing to Chief Petty Officer. He has worked at commercial nuclear, biomass, and coal-fired power plants, functioning in operations, maintenance, safety, financial, and management capacities. Aaron holds a Chief A Engineer boiler operator license in the state of Minnesota.
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