Gridcog Unplugged: BtM Flex & Data Centres

​2026 Trends in Behind the Meter Flex in GB: AI Data Centres and Grid Constraints

​Gridcog Unplugged is back for 2026! We’d love for you to join us for an evening of insightful energy chats, mingling and drinks in Shoreditch. ​

​In this edition, we’re turning our focus closer to home…

​As AI-driven data centre demand accelerates and grid constraints tighten across Great Britain, behind-the-meter flexibility is becoming a necessity. Developers, investors, and large energy users are being forced to rethink how projects are designed, financed, and operated in an increasingly constrained system.

​This panel brings together industry experts to unpack where the real opportunities are emerging - and what it will take to unlock them. We’ll explore:

• ​How AI data centres are reshaping demand profiles and accelerating grid stress

• ​The growing role of behind-the-meter flexibility in unlocking new connections

• ​Where the most attractive opportunities are across storage, on-site generation, and demand response

• ​How developers and large energy users can navigate grid constraints in GB

• ​What the future system might look like as flexibility becomes foundational

​Speakers to be announced soon.

​​Please make sure to RSVP so we can manage numbers, drinks and food. Just fill out the quick form on this page, and you’re in. This event is invite-only and numbers are very limited.

​All four of our 2025 editions were oversubscribed so register early to avoid disappointment. 

​You're welcome to arrive from 5:30pm, with our fireside chat beginning at 6.30pm

​​If you’d like to bring a colleague please reach out to a member of our team and we'll do our best to accommodate them.

​​​We can’t wait to see you!

​​​Genna and the Gridcog team.