Free webinar: Bridging the Gap | Industrial Connect

About the webinar

Speed to power now decides what gets built

Data centre demand is surging, but the grid can't keep up. Interconnection queues stretch for years, transmission build-out lags, and regulation, permitting and public opinion shift week to week. For developers and energy buyers, speed to power now decides whether projects get built. In many markets, the grid alone can't deliver it in time.

So buyers are rewriting the playbook. They are combining grid connections with on-site generation, battery storage and flexible capacity, taking non-firm grid service and firming it privately, and pairing load with generation far earlier in development. Gas is bridging the next two to five years. Nuclear and geothermal are still under discussion, with timelines starting to take shape.

Join Industrial Connect Group for an interactive discussion with a data centre developer, an infrastructure investor and an energy buyer. The panel will share practical strategies for bridging the power gap, including how to structure and finance hybrid projects, what buyers really need from energy suppliers, and why early community engagement now makes or breaks permitting.

Key takeaways

What you will leave with

Five practical insights from the people securing power for real projects today.

Bridging the power gap

How developers and buyers are using gas, batteries and on-site generation while grid capacity catches up.

Non-firm connections

What non-firm grid connections with private firming mean for interconnection timelines, including new pathways in ERCOT, SPP and FERC's push on large loads.

What buyers ask suppliers

The questions buyers put to energy suppliers, from price and location to hedging, credit terms and reporting.

Financeable hybrid projects

What makes a hybrid power project financeable, and the milestones investors look for.

Community and permitting

Why community engagement and permitting now decide whether projects get built.

Kevin Imboden

Global Director of Market Research and Intelligence

EdgeConneX

Kevin joined EdgeConneX in 2022 and brings around 15 years of commercial real estate research experience from a data provider and a brokerage. He leads research on primary and emerging data centre markets, international capital flows and macroeconomics, shaping market entry and investment strategy.

Logan Goldie-Scot

VP Strategy

Generate Capital

Logan leads Generate Capital's work to power large-load customers in a grid-constrained environment, drawing on over 15 years in the energy transition. He previously spent more than a decade at BloombergNEF, latterly as Head of Clean Power research, leading a 30-person team covering solar, wind, energy storage and power grids.

Douglas Allen

Data Center Energy Strategist

Iron Mountain

Douglas shapes how Iron Mountain sources power for its global data centre portfolio. His focus spans speed to power, bridging solutions that work alongside the grid, deal structuring and hedging, and managing credit exposure in energy procurement. He works closely with leading energy suppliers across competitive US power markets.

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Bridging the Gap: How Data Centers Are Securing Power While the Grid Catches Up

Speed to power now decides what gets built