AI Factories & Power Infrastructure Forum

Power, Grid Access, Cooling and Onsite Energy for AI-Scale Data Centers

February 17-18, 2027 Austin, TX

AI infrastructure is entering a new phase of industrial-scale growth. As artificial intelligence workloads expand beyond cloud-based software applications, they are giving rise to dense, power-intensive compute environments with major implications for energy supply, cooling, real estate development and capital investment. The ability to secure reliable, scalable and cost-effective power is becoming one of the defining constraints — and competitive advantages — in the next generation of AI infrastructure deployment.

The AI Factories & Power Infrastructure Forum examines how data center developers, utilities, energy providers, infrastructure investors and technology partners are responding to this new reality. This focused executive networking and educational program explores the practical challenges of bringing AI-scale facilities online -- from large-load interconnection and utility coordination to onsite generation, high-density cooling and long-term power strategy. Sessions will also address resilience, sustainability and the emerging role of grid-responsive AI infrastructure.

The Forum is designed for organizations developing AI campuses, planning for large-load growth, delivering power and cooling solutions, financing next-generation infrastructure, or helping utilities and customers manage the grid impacts of AI demand. Attendees will have the opportunity to share implementation strategies, build partnerships and help define the power infrastructure model for the AI factory era.

Be sure to save the date and join us in Austin to connect with thought leaders and stakeholders shaping the future of AI-scale digital infrastructure.

Key Themes:

Time-to-Power and Grid Access for AI Factories
How power availability, interconnection timelines, and utility capacity are becoming decisive factors in AI infrastructure deployment

Large-Load Planning and Utility Coordination
Strategies for aligning AI campus development with transmission, distribution, substation, and long-term resource planning requirements

Onsite Power, Storage, and Hybrid Energy Systems
Using dedicated generation, battery storage, fuel cells, and hybrid architectures to improve reliability, speed deployment, and manage grid constraints

High-Density Cooling and Thermal Management
Advances in liquid cooling, immersion cooling, heat rejection, and facility design for increasingly power-intensive AI compute environments

Site Selection and Regional Infrastructure Competition
How power, fiber, water, permitting, incentives, and community considerations are shaping the next generation of AI factory locations

Sustainable AI Infrastructure and Resource Stewardship
Balancing rapid AI infrastructure growth with energy efficiency, water use, carbon goals, clean power procurement, and public accountability

Resiliency, Reliability, and Infrastructure Security
Designing AI factories for operational continuity through redundant power, robust cooling, cybersecurity protections, and physical infrastructure hardening

Grid-Responsive AI Factories and Flexible Compute
Exploring how workload orchestration, automation, and responsive power strategies can help align AI demand with grid conditions and energy availability

Close-up of server cooling fans in a vibrant data center.

Who Should Attend

The AI Factories & Power Infrastructure Forum is designed for stakeholders working to deliver the next generation of AI-scale digital infrastructure:

Data center developers, operators, and infrastructure executives
Hyperscale, cloud, AI, and colocation infrastructure teams
Electric utility executives, large-load planning teams, and key account managers
Transmission, distribution, interconnection, and substation planning professionals
Power generation, energy storage, fuel cell, and hybrid energy system providers
EPCs, engineering firms, construction managers, and real estate development teams
Cooling, thermal management, electrical design, and facility infrastructure solution providers
Energy procurement, power marketing, and 24/7 clean energy professionals
Infrastructure investors, project finance leaders, and economic development organizations
Regulatory, permitting, policy, and community engagement professionals
Cybersecurity, resilience, reliability, and physical infrastructure security teams
Technology providers supporting automation, monitoring, optimization, and grid-responsive operation

Attendees will come away with a clearer understanding of how AI factories are reshaping power infrastructure requirements, how utilities and developers are addressing large-load growth, and how the market is approaching grid access, onsite power, cooling, resilience, sustainability, and long-term infrastructure strategy.

Join your executive colleagues in Austin as we shape the future of power and cooling for the AI industry

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