Connect | New York // Tech Showcase: Lithium in the white space - Stop treating batteries like commodities | MPI Narada

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  • Showcase Stage
  • Mission Critical Power
  • Open Session
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Speakers

Chrissy Olsen

Vice President of Critical Power Solutions, MPI Energy

Michael Sirard

Michael Sirard

CTO, MPI Energy

James Raddings

Digital Portfolio Lead, DCD

AI isn’t just changing rack density, it’s exposing weaknesses in how we design resilience.

Are we still engineering batteries for yesterday’s data center? Lithium, particularly LFP, is rapidly entering mission-critical environments. Yet hesitation remains: fire risk headlines, AHJ resistance, cost concerns, environmental scrutiny.

In this session, MPINarada will challenge common industry thinking and unpack what actually determines whether lithium is risky, or resilient.

  • Why first-cost comparisons are misleading in AI-era facilities?
  • What separates engineered lithium from headline risk?
  • How AHJ approvals are secured and why some projects stall?
  • Where lithium truly outperforms VRLA and where it doesn’t
  • How energy storage is shifting from backup insurance to strategic power asset