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Summary
The emergence of artificial intelligence into the mainstream public has exponentially bolstered the demand for computing power harvested by datacenters – an industry already working overtime to keep pace with the growing cloud computing market. How well-equipped is the current infrastructure suited to handle what is coming? Additionally, datacenters are already facing challenges connecting new facilities to the US energy grid. How are utilities, energy providers and developers handling the anticipated electricity demand increases driven by AI datacenters? And where will the power come from?
Join S&P Global analysts for a panel discussion on the current and future state of AI, the datacenter industry and the US energy grid:
- What is artificial intelligence and how is it different from previous disruptors in the tech industry?
- How are hyperscalers and datacenter providers adapting to the AI world?
- Where are these AI datacenters going to be built? And how will they be powered?
Speakers
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Dan Thompson
Principal Research Analyst, Datacenter Services & Infrastructure, 451 Research
Dan Thompson is a principal research analyst in the 451 Research technology research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. He leads the Datacenter Services and Infrastructure team, which is charged with keeping tabs on the datacenter industry globally to better understand its trends and growth areas.
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Adam Wilson
Senior Analyst Energy Research
Adam Wilson is an analyst with the Regulatory Research team at S&P Global Market Intelligence specializing in U.S. renewable energy policy and analysis.
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Tony Lenoir
Senior Analyst
Moderator
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Sarah James
Senior Editor, Technology, Media and Telecommunications
Sarah has more than a decade of experience writing and editing data-driven, sector-focused content, covering everything from retransmission consent disputes to municipal broadband deployment.
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