Leaders from Alaska, Dell Technologies, ERCOT, Compass, and Lancium to Address Energy Demands of the AI Era

Data Center World POWER - a new conference dedicated exclusively to the intersection of data centers and power - today announced its keynote speaker lineup highlighting leaders from government, grid operations, and the data center industry who are driving the future of digital infrastructure and energy. Taking place September 29 - October 1, 2025 in San Antonio, Texas, the inaugural event welcomes Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, Dell Technologies Global Industries CTO & Energy Lead David Holmes, ERCOT Chief Operating Officer Woody Rickerson, Compass Datacenters CEO Chris Crosby, and Lancium CEO Michael McNamara to the keynote stage.

“Together, the speakers appearing in our program are tackling one of the defining challenges of the decade: powering unprecedented digital growth driven by AI, cloud and connectivity,” said Bill Kleyman, Executive Chair, Data Center World and CEO and Co-founder, Apolo. “By featuring industry innovators and grid operators alongside government leadership, Data Center World POWER is convening the people who are rising to the challenge to urgently provide resilient, sustainable and reliable energy solutions.”

The Data Center World POWER keynote speaker lineup kicks off with ERCOT’s Woody Rickerson and Compass’ Chris Crosby discussing the “Power Paradigm Shift: How Texas is Leading the Charge in Powering Digital Infrastructure to Support the AI Roadmap.” As AI and hyperscale deployments push power demand into uncharted territory, Texas is setting the blueprint for the nation—and the world. This keynote offers rare insider access to the decision-makers driving one of the most consequential transformations in the energy and digital infrastructure industries today.

Governor Mike Dunleavy will deliver “Arctic Advantage: Alaska’s Emerging Data Center Frontier,” an address outlining his vision for positioning Alaska as an emerging epicenter for AI-ready data center development. As industry leaders face increasing challenges with power constraints, cooling costs, and suitable development locations, Alaska offers a forward-thinking solution—complete with robust connectivity options and untapped land availability.

The final keynote will feature Lancium’s Michael McNamara and Dell Technologies’ David Holmes who will explore “Powering the AI Era with Future-Ready Data Centers.” Together, they will discuss how Dell’s next-generation technology and Lancium’s gigawatt-scale clean energy campuses are enabling organizations to unleash the potential of AI.

Further information on the keynote presentations will be updated here and the full show agenda listing all speakers and sessions can be viewed here.

To learn more and register for the event, visit www.dcwpower.com.

About Data Center World POWER

Data Center World, the global conference for data center facilities and IT professionals, has launched Data Center World POWER. It is the definitive event for decision makers and innovators from data centers charged with tackling the challenge – and opportunity – of powering data centers. It offers access to insightful keynotes, solution-driven panels, and elite executive-to-executive networking opportunities. Data Center World POWER will be held September 29 - October 1 in San Antonio, TX. Data Center World POWER is produced under Data Center World and is a part of Informa PLC.

About Data Center World

Data Center World is the definitive epicenter of data center innovation where industry leaders converge to learn, network and get inspired, featuring the largest global exhibition of solutions and technologies. Serving the broad spectrum of professionals driving data center growth, from facilities and IT to power and utilities to design and construction to the investment and government communities, the event offers premier education, abundant networking, and the broadest access to best-in-class vendors. CIO Dive named Data Center World one of the top technology conferences to attend in 2024 for the second consecutive year. Additionally, for the third year in a row, Data Center World has been recognized by Trade Show Executive as one of the fastest-growing trade shows. Data Center World 2026 will be held April 20-23, in Washington, D.C. Interested in speaking at the event? The Call for Proposals is now open through September 19. Learn more here. Data Center World global presence includes Data Center Asia and Data Center World @ NetworkX. Data Center World is produced by Informa PLC.

About AFCOM

AFCOM advances data center and IT professionals by delivering comprehensive and vendor-neutral education and peer-to-peer networking to its members and chapters around the world. Through forward-looking research, AFCOM supports thousands of IT, operations, facilities, builders/designers and vendors working in the data center and IT infrastructure industry. In serving the data center industry for more than 40 years, AFCOM has earned recognition as the market leader in educating, connecting and guiding the data center community.

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