What Data Centers need from Energy Partners

Synopsis

• Are data center operators, both hyperscale and mid-market, choosing to build their own generation and storage assets or forging partnerships with energy developers and utilities?
• How do smaller and regional data centers approach energy procurement differently from hyperscalers, and what does that mean for contract structures and bankability?
• How does the unique ramping load profile of data centers affect PPA structures, pricing, and supplier relationships?
• How are siting and interconnection decisions shaping the geography of new data center build-out, and what lessons can energy developers draw?
• Will the rise of private energy networks and microgrids remain a hyperscale play, or are mid-sized data centers also exploring this model?