Practical Solutions For Working Through AI’s Megawatt And Cooling Demands

This is not another generic ‘data center conference’ with a few token power or cooling sessions. It is the first agenda built around the opportunities of AI-scale infrastructure — convening power producers, hydrocarbons, electricity/water utilities, developers, investors, and cooling innovators in one room. By uniting the full supply chain, this forum creates the system-level dialogue that ensures Texas can not only keep pace with AI growth but also position itself as a global leader in powering and cooling the future.

This is the only dedicated event that:

• Brings the entire supply chain together — hyperscalers, colos, ERCOT, oil & gas operators,      developers, EPCs, investors, design firms, and cooling innovators.
• Spans both inside and outside the data hall — from immersion tanks and direct-to-chip systems, to turbines, pipelines, and transmission build-outs.
• Addresses both operational and pre-construction challenges — speaking directly to the developers and financiers shaping Texas’ next campuses.
• Positions oil & gas as a central player in AI growth — reframing hydrocarbons not as legacy, but as enablers of digital resilience.
• Focuses on Texas’ real bottlenecks —  permitting delays, ERCOT timelines, and natural gas power integration

Based on our research calls and analysis, the agenda is built around two integrated tracks:

1. Inside the Data Center

o  Cooling innovation under AI load (immersion, direct-to-chip, hybrid systems).

o  Power density realities and facility retrofits.

o  Operational resilience when rack loads exceed design standards.

2. Outside the Data Center (Interconnectivity, Power, Water &  The Supply Chain)

o  ERCOT and utility perspectives on interconnection delays and transmission upgrades. Plus new water utility perspectives.

o  Oil & gas strategies: behind-the-meter gas-to-power, turbine/fuel cell economics, and pipeline build-outs.

o  Developers, EPCs, and investors shaping new campus viability.

o  Financing and permitting models that unlock build speed.

Why Other Conferences Often Fall Short (this is what the market told us during the consultation phase) 

• Too narrow: Most events only focus on data center operations after the sites are built — missing the critical pipeline of projects still in planning.
• Too siloed: They bring cooling vendors to talk to facility managers, but leave out ERCOT, oil & gas, EPCs, or developers — the people who make the siting and interconnection decisions.
• Too generic: Panels on “AI infrastructure”  without any depth on Texas’ unique grid constraints, gas-to-power economics, or regulatory choke points.
• Too reactive: They recap challenges; we’re convening the actors who can shape outcomes before the market locks into bottlenecks.

In short, they talk about problems — we bring the decision-makers who can solve them.

This Is The Only Texas Based Data Center Event To:

Tackle grid interconnection delays that stretch for years while AI adoption is measured in months.
Utilities and operators compare models to fast-track access to capacity.

Show how cooling innovations, including immersion and direct-to-chip cooling, are being scaled for AI racks.
Operators share real data from deployments in hot, water-stressed markets.

Meet ERCOT and utilities as secondary end-users defining project viability.
Understand interconnection bottlenecks and how they are being prioritised.

Clarify how hyperscalers and colocators are designing around simultaneous grid, water, and cooling bottlenecks.
Practical “whole-system” design insights from real projects.

Show operators’ real-world logic in choosing between modular and full-scale retrofits.
Practical insights on which approaches minimise disruption.

Clarify pipeline and midstream readiness to deliver natural gas directly into data center campuses.
Suppliers map timelines, logistics, and cost implications.

Show how microgrids are moving from concept to baseline requirement in AI campuses.
Operators reveal design logic for resilience without carbon lock-in.

Assess the financing structures that actually make hybrid projects bankable.
Hear what models hyperscalers and investors are backing.

Compare how water reuse and wastewater integration are becoming core to cooling strategies.
Utilities and operators highlight early deployments and barriers.

Hear how utilities and hyperscalers are collaborating on demand flexibility and harmonisation.
Explore “grid harmonies” between AI demand and industrial load.

Examine how thermal storage is being tested alongside batteries to relieve grid strain.
Operators reveal trade-offs on cost, scale, and safety.

Show why natural gas timelines are now the pacing factor for Dallas and Houston data center growth.
Operators and pipeline companies map the interdependencies and supply opportunities.