Deployment Day - Global Energy & AI Program (Atlanta Climate Week)

Energy Deployment Day: Data Centers and Industry as Grid & Community Assets October 14, 2026 | 11:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. | AtlantaOptional Tour: 16, 2026 | Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant | 8am to 6pm ET View the Full Program 30-sec video Overview AI, data centers, electrification and advanced manufacturing are creating unprecedented demand for power across the Southeast. Strong energy technologies already exist—but the pathways connecting industry demand, utilities, infrastructure, capital and deployable solutions remain fragmented. Energy Deployment Day brings together a curated group of approximately 60 executives to address one practical question: How can data centers, industry and communities move from energy requirements to deployable systems more quickly? The working session will explore how data centers can become grid and community assets while securing the resilient power needed for continued growth. Participants will examine near-term distributed-energy architectures alongside longer-term utility, nuclear and infrastructure roadmaps. Program Focus • Data Centers as Grid & Community Assets • How Fortune 5000 can grow and adapt to the coming Demand • EPRI DC Flex insights: Best practices from hyperscaler trenches • Hybrid energy architectures: Storage, firm generation, AI controls, cooling and grid and site level AI optimization • Hyperscaler and community energy & resource roadmaps • SMR and nuclear-readiness discussion: Connecting long-term nuclear strategies with near-term distributed energy • Focused breakouts: Design and construction, near-term operations and AI-compute requirements • Deployment pathways: Economics, integration risks, partners and practical next steps Who Should Attend • Data-center owners, operators, developers and infrastructure leaders • Industrial and commercial energy users • Utilities, EMCs and grid stakeholders • County and economic-development leaders • EPCs, engineering firms and deployment partners • Energy, AI, cooling and infrastructure companies • Project-finance, infrastructure and family-capital investors • International trade and market-development leaders Participating Organizations and Profiles Include • Domestic and international energy-system, AI and infra leaders • EPRI and utility-sector leaders • Georgia utilities and EMCs • Georgia Solar Energy Association • Georgia Tech energy and infrastructure leaders • Data-center and hyperscaler stakeholders • Industrial energy users • County and public-sector leadership • EPCs, developers and integration partners • Infrastructure and project capital A Working Session—not a Traditional Conference Deployment Day is designed around practical decisions: • Where does each solution fit? • What changes compared with conventional infrastructure? • What does it cost? • What deployment risks must be addressed? • What can move forward next? Participants will leave with a clearer understanding of applicable architectures, potential partners and the actions required to advance deployment. Participation Note This is a curated executive working session intended primarily for industry, data centers, utilities, infrastructure operators, deployment partners, investors, public leaders and aligned technology companies. Some breakout discussions and follow-on activities are participation-by-alignment to preserve a focused working environment. Optional Follow-On: October 16 A limited follow-on delegation is planned around Plant Vogtle, nuclear energy and the hyperscaler roadmap. Participation is separate and capacity is limited. Why Georgia—and Why Now? Georgia is one of the country’s most important data-center and industrial growth markets. Atlanta ranks among the leading U.S. data-center metros, while major new loads are accelerating the need for generation, storage, efficiency and grid-supporting infrastructure. This creates an unusual opportunity to shape how new energy demand can support—not simply strain—the grid and surrounding communities. About the Global Energy & AI Program The Global Energy & AI Program connects industry, utilities, communities and global solution providers to accelerate the deployment of hybrid energy systems and AI-driven optimization across data centers, industrial facilities and critical infrastructure. The program combines deployment intelligence, reference architectures, market development and focused working sessions to move promising capabilities toward real U.S. opportunities. Understand the requirements.Build the right architecture.Create practical pathways to deployment.