Data Center World Power Unveils Industry-Leading Speaker Lineup Driving the Future of Power Infrastructure

Google and NRG executives headline a world-class program featuring leaders solving the toughest problems facing the data center and energy ecosystem

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Data Center World Power, the premier conference dedicated exclusively to the intersection of data centers and power infrastructure, today unveiled its conference speaker lineup, bringing together the data center operators, energy executives, and technology innovators responsible for solving one of the world’s most pressing business challenges: powering the digital ecosystem.

The speaker lineup includes a keynote presentation by Tom Garvens, Google’s Vice President of Data Center Technology and Systems. Garvens will explore the innovations in energy efficiency and power delivery needed for Google to process more than three quadrillion AI tokens per month, while also serving as a stabilizing partner for electric grids. In another keynote, Scott Hart, Executive Vice President, President of NRG Business, will discuss how the utility is collaborating with data center operators in creative new ways to power digital infrastructure.

"Power has become the defining challenge - and greatest opportunity - for the digital infrastructure industry," said Tara Gibb, Senior Director, Data Center World. "This year’s program brings together the executives, hyperscalers, technology innovators and policymakers tackling the issues transforming the industry - from powering AI at scale and integrating nuclear energy to managing grid resilience and power architecture. These are the conversations shaping how the next generation of data centers will be built."

In addition to the keynote presentations, attendees will hear from dozens of experts representing the world's leading data center operators, utilities, research institutions, and technology providers.

Data Center World Power 2026 speakers include:

• Jose Rodriguez, Chief Operating Officer, New Era Energy & Digital — Operating at Gigawatt Scale: Real-World Lessons Learned and Opportunities Ahead
• Rajesh Gopinath, Architect, Core Infrastructure Engineering, Oracle — Evaluating Data Center Power Architectures Against Emerging Grid Oscillation Standards for AI Workloads
• Kyle Chien, Senior Director, Market Insights and Technology Innovation, Digital Realty — Beyond Power Density: How AI Is Reshaping Data Center Infrastructure Design
• Supria Ranade, Executive Director, JPMorgan Chase North America — Hedging Power Cost Risk: Procurement Trends for Hyperscale and Colocation Data Centers
• Paul Talbot, Manager, Integrated Systems & Thermal Analysis, Idaho National Laboratory — Atoms to Algorithms: A Practical Pathway for Nuclear Integration with Data Centers
• Scott Willis, CEO, DartPoints — Designing for Density: Supporting Enterprise AI Workloads Without Overbuilding Infrastructure
• Harsha Bojja, AI Hardware Platform Architect, Google — Forging New Power Standards: Innovation for the Future of Cloud Infrastructure
• Adam Scarsella, Vice President, Digital Infrastructure, Voltus — Demand Response and Virtual Power Plants: How Data Centers Become Electric Grid Assets
• Ian Rock, Founder & CTO, TerraFlow Energy — Wind, Solar, and Storage: What the Future Holds for This Renewable Power Trifecta
• Monica Brisimitzakis, Vice President of Strategic Growth, Patmos — The Brownfield Advantage: How to Scale Existing Data Centers for Bigger Power and Cooling Performance

As AI continues to reshape the global economy, Data Center World Power serves as the industry's premier forum for industry leaders to collaborate on the future of reliable, scalable and sustainable power infrastructure. Together, they will share real-world strategies for powering AI at scale, exploring topics including grid modernization, alternative energy utility partnerships, power procurement, energy resilience and the technologies reshaping hyperscale and enterprise data centers.

Data Center World Power 2026 is supported by partners including Industrial Service Solutions, Langley Holdings PLC, Active Power, Inc., Industrial Info Resources, PROENERGY, Shoto Energy LLC, AMPERA, Emerson, EPEC Solutions & ReBoSS, ExxonMobil, Mesa Power Solutions, Power Temp Systems, TEC Group and many more.

Early bird pricing for all conference passes is available through August 7. Visit www.dcwpower.com/passes-pricing/ to learn more and to register.

For additional information on exhibition or sponsorship opportunities, contact Sandra Kupiec at [e-mail]. Media registration is available here.

About Data Center World Power

Data Center World Power is the definitive event for decision makers and innovators working across the AI infrastructure ecosystem charged with tackling the challenge – and opportunity – of powering data centers. It offers access to insightful keynotes, solution-driven panels, and elite executive-to-executive networking opportunities. Data Center World Power will be held September 21 - September 23 in Dallas, TX. Data Center World Power is produced by Data Center World and is a part of Informa PLC.

About Data Center World

Data Center World is the global conference for data center facilities and IT infrastructure professionals, offering premier education, abundant networking opportunities and the broadest access to best-in-class vendors. Designed to help professionals navigate today’s most challenging infrastructure issues, Data Center World delivers top-quality knowledge without bias towards a specific vendor, product or service. CIO Dive named Data Center World one of the top technology conferences to attend in 2024 for the second consecutive year. Additionally, for the fourth consecutive year, Data Center World has been recognized by Trade Show Executive as one of the fastest-growing trade shows. Data Center World 2027 will be held May 24-27 in Nashville. Data Center World is produced by Informa PLC.

About AFCOM

AFCOM advances data center and IT professionals by delivering comprehensive and vendor-neutral education and peer-to-peer networking to its members around the world. Through forward-looking research, AFCOM supports thousands of IT, operations, facilities, builders/designers and vendors working in the data center and IT infrastructure industry. In serving the data center industry for more than 40 years, AFCOM has earned recognition as the market leader in educating, connecting and guiding the data center community.