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Where 2025 focused heavily on the idea of the “good grid citizen,” how far has the data center industry come in embracing true grid interactivity? The operator-utility relationship is evolving from a one-way service model into a bi-directional partnership, allowing room for the idea of the data center ‘prosumer’. In this episode, we assess the strategies taken by data center operators to store, generate and then move energy back into the grid, and the financial implications of these models. Join to better understand the questions shaping data center flexibility, including:
- What form will data center ‘flexibility’ actually take, and how can large-load flex be of value to utilities?
- What flexibility technologies are emerging, and who should control them?
- Is speed-to-power the real economic incentive behind flexibility discussions?
- Will economic and policy frameworks support prosumer participation?
