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​Agenda: Data Center Investing and Planning Summit – May 13-14, 2026

​Dates: May 13-14, 2026
Location: 7 World Trade Center, New York City

​​Attending this Summit offers unparalleled opportunities to connect with industry leaders, innovators, and decision-makers shaping the future in the explosive data center and digital infrastructure world.

​Agenda: Data Center Investing and Planning Summit – May 13-14, 2026

​​Dates: May 13-14, 2026
Location: 7 World Trade Center, New York City

​​Overview

​​Join top data center executives, developers, designers, utilities, investors, and policy experts for an exclusive summit focused on the future of U.S. data center expansion.

​Day One May 13th : Strategy, Policy, and Planning Day One will focus on the strategic and systemic foundations required to meet the demanding energy and infrastructure market needs in the flourishing data center world. Topics included will be policy and regulation, investment and financing, land use, water resources, grid resilience planning, design and development, workforce development, and the impacts of artificial intelligence and other technologies.

​Day Two May 14th: Onsite Power Generation & Enabling Technologies Day Two will focus on the evolving technologies for onsite power generation and energy systems, including small modular reactors (SMRs), fuel cells, hydrogen, microgrids, battery energy storage systems (BESS), solar, geothermal, TENS, natural gas, and emerging heat capture and advanced cooling technologies.

​​Featured Participants

​​Prologis, Constellation, ConEdison, NYSERDA, National Grid, Oracle, PSEG, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Gensler, Ainsworth GDI and more.

​​Confirmed Speakers

• ​​​Rajiv Bazaj, VP, Energy & Sustainability, Constellation

• ​Bill Thomas, Chief Energy Officer, CleanArc Data Centers

• ​​Chris Curtis, Global Head of Data Centers, Prologis

• ​​Peter Hoegler, Senior Manager Data Center Solutions, EDF Power Solutions

• ​Flya Kocak, CEO & Founder, Fulya Kocak, LLC

• ​Brendan Gallagher , Senior VP, Beale Infrastructure

• ​​Kelsyn Rooks, Dir. of Strategic Accounts, Cupix

• ​​Hal Corin, Head of Development, Viridi

• ​​Dr. Malio West, CFO, ECOPowerSource

• ​​Aundre Oldacre, Managing Partner, AoRa Development

• ​​Cameron Brooks, President, E9 Energy Insight

• ​​Dennis Garrett, CEO, Blue Lake Clean Energy

• ​​Mike Peterson, Senior Manager, CohnReznick Advisory

• ​Brian Weed, VP Critical & Controlled Env. Services, GDI Integrated Facility Services

• ​Jay Peck, Managing Partner, Brookhaven Sustainability

• ​​Eric Bosworth, Principal, Thermal Energy Insights

• ​Matthew Kaplan. VP, Brightcore Energy

​​May 13 – Day One:

• ​​8:00 AM: Registration & Networking

• ​​8:50 AM: Opening Remarks from Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

• ​​9:00–9:20 AM: "Policy to Balance Sustainability"

• ​​9:20–9:40 AM: "Data Center Investing & Strategic Planning "(Asset Managers & Private Equity)

• ​​9:40–10:00 AM: "Land, Leasing, and Real Estate Models"

• ​​10:00–10:20 AM: Impact of AI 

• ​​10:20–10:40 AM: "Grid Constraints & Powered-Land Due Diligence" 

• ​​10:40–11:00 AM: Balancing Data Center Expansion: Addressing Equipment Reliability and Energy Efficiency

  • ​Moderator: Scott Donachie, CEO, Decarb Summits
    Brian Weed, VP Critical & Controlled Env. Services, GDI Integrated Facility Services

• ​​11:00–11:20 AM: "Embracing AI from a developers perspective" (Aundre Oldacre, AoRa Development)

• ​​11:20–11:40 AM: "Protecting Ratepayers"

• ​​11:40–12:00 PM: "Workforce Development"

• ​​12:00–12:50 PM: Lunch & Networking

• ​​12:50 - 1:10 PM: "Design and Build Strategies" -Skidmore Owings and Merrill and Gensler

• ​​1:10 - 2PM: Open Q&A for all speakers from audience

• ​​2pm End of day one.

​​May 14 – Day Two: Technology Showcase & Roundtables

• ​​Showcasing leading technology companies

• ​​Industry roundtable discussions Find agenda here https://luma.com/9ouwc89o

​​Why attend?

​​You’ll gain actionable insights from top experts, discover the latest advancements in decarbonization and data center planning and strategy. Engage in candid discussions that drive commercial partnerships and strategies. This Summit attracts a curated audience of data center operators and developers, cloud and hyperscale executives, power and utilities specialists, consultants, engineers, investors, government officials, and legal advisors—ensuring a high-value environment for networking, collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and the discovery of new business opportunities.

​​For more information and registration, visit: decarbsummits.com