backKing & Spalding’s Real Estate & Funds partner Brent Gilfedder was the moderator of the “Energy Transition & Data Centers – What Does the Future Look Like?” panel at Reuters Energy LIVE 2024 in Houston, Texas.
Brent’s panel discussed (i) the rising demand for grid reliability with AI and the projected data center growth, (ii) how businesses forecast and plan for future energy demands driven by the AI surge, (iii) strategies to enhance grid reliability while supporting energy demand needs of data centers, and (iv) collaborative approaches in energy management.
His panel featured panelists across the energy supply chain including Tim Ong, Head of Innovation, Growth and Commercial at Woodside Energy; Will Conkling, Director, Energy Commercial Structuring – Americas and EMEA
Google Data Centers at Google; Danielle Vitoff, Director of Energy Transition at Guidehouse; Sjors van de Rijt, Global Head of Sustainability Partnerships, Technology and Energy at Shell; and Irlan Amir, Vice President Renewables & Energy Efficiency at SLB New Energy.
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