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  • Energy Summit
  • Energy & Sustainability
  • Mission Critical Power
  • Investment & Markets
  • Open Session

Speakers

Chris Kul

Vice President, Energy Program Data Center Environmental Lead, Tetra Tech

Marina Domingues

Marina Domingues

VP - Head New Energies US, Rystad Energy

Bryan Lubin

Bryan Lubin

Managing Director of Digital & Compute Infrastructure, Moonshot Energy

Sarah Zilonis

Senior Content Director, Yotta

Mark Gusakov

CEO, The Digital Infrastructure Alliance

Permitting is a crucial component of US data center growth, ranging from site control to energization. This expert-led soapbox will showcase how interconnection queues, state siting rules, and local politics can translate into schedules and cost risk. We’ll compare East Coast, Texas, and West Coast markets.

  • Differences in regional permitting models between PJM, NYISO, ERCOT, and CAISO
  • How do interconnection milestones impact investment timing?
  • Are interconnection milestones pushing energization or is the timing risk shifting towards developers?
  • We ask our experts: if you could change one policy to cut the data center schedule, what would it be and why?