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Summary
Renewable energy's dependence on variable climatology is increasingly expected to clash with the booming datacenter sector’s round-the-clock and rapidly rising power needs — a trend that may contribute to extending the life of fossil fuel generation.
Join S&P Global analysts for a panel discussion to discuss the challenges and potential solutions to the growing conflict between intermittent clean energy technologies and increasingly power-hungry datacenters.
- What is driving the steep increase in datacenter power demand?
- Where do datacenter owners stand on decarbonization objectives?
- How does renewable energy intermittency impact the flow of energy going to datacenters?
- Will the artificial intelligence-driven datacenter boom jeopardize green energy transition milestones?
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.
Speaker
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
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