Margarita Patria presents the session titled “It All Starts with a Forecast: Strategic Insights into Data Centers, Utilities, and Policy Drivers.”
Support for data center development and the proliferation of AI has emerged as a significant policy mandate spanning the entire political spectrum. Multiple federal, state, and local initiatives aim to streamline processes for data center expansion and foster collaboration among hyperscalers, data center operators, utilities, and government agencies. Ultimately, however, a solid forecast will serve as the best foundation for initiating and steering data center or other large-load project developments to completion.
This segment will unpack the essential elements of a forecast:
- What constitutes a forecast, and how can it be interpreted from different market participant perspectives?
- What are the unique challenges in forecasting data center load, and what approaches can be taken?
- Load forecast case studies – how different utilities and transmission operators tackle this challenge
- Best practices in forecasting that have emerged
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