Robert Da Silva Ashley
Robert Da Silva Ashley
Speaker
Partner

DLA Piper

United States

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Plenary / Grand Ballroom

Cloud Cabin (Digital Infrastructure)

Data Center Power Needs

Juan Macias
CEO,
AlphaStruxure
Moderator
Robert Da Silva Ashley
Partner,
DLA Piper

Arguably the hottest topic both in data center infrastructure as well as in the power sector; how are we powering it? The race is on as operators work to meet the demands of their hyperscale clients without disrupting activity on the local grid system. Our speakers guide us through: 

  • How are goals for clean energy factoring into operators evaluations of power sources? Is nuclear a red herring only available as an option to hyperscale clients?
  • How are load growth forecasts from utilities and grid operators affecting pricing for new data centers?
  • New technologies and strategies improving baseline efficiencies for Data Centers: Do more efficient models definitively mean less overall electricity demand? Or will it create more accessible power on the grid?

Workshop / Trillium 1

Sunshine Cabin (Power & Renewables)

Battery Storage

Evan Speece
Chief Financial Officer,
Doral Renewables
Luke Liu
Director, Flagship - Investment Team,
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
Moderator
Robert Da Silva Ashley
Partner,
DLA Piper

  • What new technologies are driving the BESS sector? Analysis of non-lithium iron batteries and implications of long duration capabilities

  • Other than capital or demand, what constraints exist on growth in the energy storage space?

  • Capitalizing on excitement for new storage: incentives, credits, and the quickly expanding role of storage on the grid