Metro Connect USA offers a powerful platform for power and utilities companies to build the partnerships and insights needed to support the next generation of digital infrastructure.

The event provides direct access to data center operators, hyperscalers, neoclouds and investors shaping future power demand, capacity expansion and infrastructure investment. Connect with industry leaders to understand the energy requirements needed to support AI growth, while engaging with investors to explore how cost, risk and long-term planning are influencing power strategies across the sector.

Who Will You Meet?

Just a few of the Power and Utilities companies who joined us this year:

A grid of corporate logos enclosed in a pink border, featuring: Bloom Energy, Cordia, GPC Infrastructure, R Power, Truss Energy LLC, Jupiter Power, Solaris Energy Infrastructure, and Southern Company.

Discover Summits, Sessions and Meetups dedicated to you:

The Data Center Power Meetup & Lunch

Invitation Only

Brings together utilities, developers, and investors tackling energy constraints, finance models, and sustainability strategies.

12:30PM - 2:00PM | Monday, Feb 08

Community Engagement Workshop & Lunch

Invitation Only

As policymakers, communities and industry debate who bears the cost, this invite-only session explores strategies for stakeholder engagement and sustainable growth.

12:30PM - 2:00PM | Monday, Feb 08

Nuclear for AI Meetup & Lunch

Invitation Only

Join hyperscalers, DCOs, nuclear agencies, utilities, investors, and nuclear developers transforming power generation, to explore real deployment strategies, commercial readiness, regulatory pathways, and partnership models.

12:30PM - 2:00PM | Tuesday, Feb 09

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     Power and Energy Summit

    Data Center Stage
    Grid modernisation is now top of mind, as power requirements for AI exceeds grid capacity. How can the digital infrastructure ecosystem work with grid operators to stay ahead of the steepening demand curve? Join us for this panel as we explore: How can utilities and grid operators accelerate capacit …
14:45
    Data Center Stage
    The push for power has moved beyond just grid constraints. There are mini bottlenecks across the power value chain that, without consideration, can derail plans considerably. This panel will explore where the greatest constraints exist, how stakeholders can accelerate infrastructure development, and …
15:30
    Data Center Stage
16:00
    Data Center Stage
16:45
    Data Center Stage
    To address the various bottlenecks in securing power, as well as to adhere to more regulatory demands, data centers are working to reduce reliance on traditional utility timelines. However, these approaches also introduce new technical, commercial, and regulatory considerations. This panel will exam …
17:30
    Data Center Stage
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     Investment and Finance Stage

    Investment and Finance Stage
    AI-era financing demand both larger and more complex capital commitments, forcing greater use of private credit, construction financing, hybrid debt structures and securitization strategies. Even more complex, is the requirement to fund projects when the future is still so unclear - future AI worklo …
14:45
    Investment and Finance Stage
    The traditional model of data center financing was focused on fixed tenants and long leases. Customer was credit. Now, the AI-first organizations - neoscalers and neoclouds - are adding a whole new layer of complexity in the eyes of investors, as they represent a whole new underwriting proposition. …
15:30
    Investment and Finance Stage
16:00
    Investment and Finance Stage
    The traditional model of data center financing was focused on fixed tenants and long leases. Customer was credit. Now, the AI-first organizations - neoscalers and neoclouds - are adding a whole new layer of complexity in the eyes of investors, as they represent a whole new underwriting proposition. …
16:45
    Investment and Finance Stage
    The scale of capital required for AI infrastructure is now increasing so quickly that instituional investors are becoming active participants in the market, desiring all the visibility into transactions and exposue to specific assets that comes with such status. The shift to co-investment capital is …
17:30
    Core Networks Stage
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    Neocloud Summit
    Data Center Stage
    What is a neocloud? Is that term the right fit for an ever-expanding, heterogenous group of companies with different customers, different offerings, and different long-term growth strategies? Join us for this panel as we deep dive into the world beyond traditional cloud: • Who are the different play …
10:15
    Data Center Stage
    AI is creating a new class of network customer. Beyond traditional enterprises, cloud providers, and telecom operators, AI-focused infrastructure developers, GPU cloud providers, model builders, and hyperscalers are driving unprecedented demand for high-capacity fiber connectivity. These requirement …
11:00
    Data Center Stage
    The shift from merely underwriting buildings to underwriting customers is now a critical consideration for AI-infrastructure financing. As AI data centers have capital requirements beyond any traditional data center projects, all whilst hinging on a steady but concentrated number of customers, expos …
11:45
    Data Center Stage
    As more AI clouds and GPU-aaS offerings continue to emerge, the question on everyone's lips is if and/or when this new and expanding market of offerings will consolidate, with the potential for the strongest performerd to become the next generation of hyperscalers. And is this already happening? Joi …
12:30
    Data Center Stage