April 22, 2027 • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM • New York

Decarb Summits #88 - Data Center & Grid Resiliency Summit

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Date & time

Thursday, April 22, 2027

8:30 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

Speakers

Scott Donachie
CEO, Decarb Summits

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Scott Donachie founded Decarb Summits to solve a single challenge: bringing the right decision-makers into the room to get energy transition projects built. Decarb Summits hosts invitation-only, highly curated roundtables and private gatherings where leaders across energy, data centers, healthcare, and real estate connect to deploy capital and close transactions. Rather than large-scale conferences, the platform focuses on high-signal, confidential environments designed to turn strategic alignment into executed business deals.

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Session
Break / networking
Opening / Closing

8:30 – 8:50 AM
Break / Networking

Who should attend?

- Data center owners, operators, and developers
- Commercial real estate and infrastructure leaders
- Architects, engineers, and construction professionals
- Utilities, grid operators, and energy providers
- Sustainability and decarbonization executives
- AI infrastructure and technology companies

Supporting members

Coming soon

We are confirming the partners for this edition. Interested in partnering? Write to info@decarbsummits.com

Venue

JLL

New York, NYUS

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New York, NY, US

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Contact

Soumya Anantharaman

Director - Climate and Decarbonization, JLL

Scott Donachie

CEO, Decarb Summits

Registration, Networking & Coffee

Connect with data center executives, design professionals, energy leaders, sustainability experts, investors, and technology providers.

8:50 – 9:00 AM

Opening

Opening Remarks

Welcome and opening perspective on the intersection of data center growth, decarbonization, and grid resiliency.

Scott Donachie · CEO, Decarb Summits

9:00 – 9:30 AM

Panel

Panel Discussion: Decarbonizing at Scale

Discussion topics include scaling data center infrastructure while reducing carbon emissions, integrating cleaner energy sources, improving energy efficiency, and aligning rapid development with long-term sustainability goals.

Soumya Anantharaman · Director - Climate and Decarbonization, JLL
Scott Donachie · CEO, Decarb Summits

9:30 – 9:50 AM

Panel

Cooling Technologies: Improving Efficiency in Next-Generation Data Centers

Explore advanced cooling strategies, including liquid cooling, thermal management, and other approaches to reducing energy and water consumption while supporting increasingly demanding AI workloads.

9:50 – 10:10 AM

Keynote

Designing Data Centers of the Future for Grid Resiliency

Explore how resilient design, energy-efficient buildings, electrification strategies, and integrated infrastructure planning can help data centers adapt to grid constraints and extreme weather while supporting reliable operations.

10:10 – 10:30 AM

Break / Networking

Coffee & Networking Break

Continue conversations and connect with fellow attendees, potential partners, and industry leaders.

10:30 – 10:50 AM

Keynote

Key Technologies to Support AI Data Center Expansion

Examine the technologies enabling the next wave of data center development, including advanced power systems, energy storage, microgrids, onsite generation, intelligent controls, and emerging efficiency solutions.

10:50 – 11:10 AM

Keynote

A Roadmap for Data Centers to Support Their Communities

Discuss how data center developers and operators can work with utilities, local governments, and community stakeholders to address power demand, infrastructure investment, environmental impacts, and long-term economic opportunities.

11:10 – 11:30 AM

Keynote

Investing in and Planning for the Future of Data Centers

Explore the investment, infrastructure planning, energy procurement, and development strategies needed to deliver reliable, economically viable, and lower-carbon data center capacity.

11:30 – 11:50 AM

Keynote

Data Center Demand Response: Strategies to Reduce Peak Loads

Examine demand response, flexible loads, battery storage, intelligent energy management, and utility collaboration as strategies to reduce peak electricity demand and strengthen grid reliability.

11:50 AM – 12:00 PM

Closing

Closing Remarks

Key takeaways, opportunities for collaboration, and next steps for advancing data center sustainability and grid resiliency.

- Energy storage, cooling, and demand-response providers

- Investors, lenders, and infrastructure planners

- Government and community stakeholders