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SUMMIT AGENDA 2026
Day 1 Morning: Policy, Strategy, Market Leadership
08:00 - 09:00
(60 mins)
Registration & Morning Coffee
09:00 - 09:10
(10 mins)
Welcome Address by Conference Chair
09:10 - 9:25
(15 mins)
[Opening Keynote] Europe’s Strategic AI Infrastructure Vision: From Digital Sovereignty to Global Leadership
09:25 - 09:55
(30 mins)
[National Spotlight] National Strategies for Deploying AI Infrastructure
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[Host Country Chapter] Germany’s Energy Efficiency Act & Grid Readiness for AI-Scale Data Centres
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[France Chapter] France as a Low-Carbon AI Hub: From Low-Carbon Energy to High-Value Digital Leadership
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[UK Chapter] Powering a Competitive Britain: Grid Acceleration and Strategic Data-Centre Clusters
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[Norway Chapter] Green Power, Strategic Growth: Norway’s Vision for Responsible AI Infrastructure
09:55 - 10:45
(50 mins)
[Visionary C-suite Panel] AI Leadership Vision: Building Bridges Between Hyperscaler, Data Centers, and Utilities, and Technology across Europe and Beyond
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Aligning long-term AI load growth with utility planning cycles and regulatory commitments
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Structuring strategic partnerships beyond transactional power procurement
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Coordinating hyperscaler site selection with national grid expansion and resilience needs
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Ensuring investment certainty despite fragmented EU policies and permitting timelines
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Creating shared data frameworks for forecasting, grid impact modelling, and scenario planning
Mario Suykerbuyk
Chief Information Officer
TenneT
Coffee Break & Networking
11:15 - 12:05
(50 mins)
[National Grid Operators Roundtable] Transforming Grids for Next-Generation Digital Infrastructure and Accelerated AI Deployment in Europe
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Addressing step-change load profiles from AI clusters and high-density digital campuses
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Reforming connection processes and queue management to prioritise system value
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Deploying flexibility assets, grid-enhancing technologies, and dynamic operational limits
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Harmonising TSO/DSO planning for fast-growing, location-specific digital demand
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Coordinating cross-border capacity, interconnections, and security-of-supply for AI hubs
12:05 - 12:25
(20 mins)
[Keynote] Reserved for Sponsor
Luncheon
Day 1 Afternoon: Building the AI Engine: DC Innovation, Sustainability, and Investment Acceleration
14:00 - 14:55
(55 mins)
[DCs Leadership Panel] Future proofing the next-generation Data Centres: Grid-Readiness, Sustainability, and Asset Management.
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Designing sites for grid constraints, reinforcement timelines, and locational limits
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Integrating sustainability metrics beyond PUE: whole-life carbon, water, and circularity
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Scaling high-density AI cooling and power architectures with reliability and redundancy
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Using predictive analytics and AI-driven O&M to improve uptime and asset lifecycle
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Building workforce skills across IT, OT, energy systems, and controls engineering
François Sterin
Chief Operating Officer
Data4 Group
Christina Mertens
Vice President of Business Development EMEA
Virtus Data Centres
Andreas Rathmann
Director, Power and Energy
CyrusOne
14:55 - 15:15
(25 mins)
[Hyperscaler Spotlight] Google’s €5.5 Billion Bet on Europe’s Future: Building Germany’s AI and Clean Energy Backbone
15:15 - 15:35
(20 mins)
[Keynote] Reserved for Sponsor
Coffee Break & Networking
16:05 - 16:55
(50 mins)
[Panel] Unlocking the Power of PPAs: Scaling Renewable-Powered AI Data Centre with Optimised Grid Planning and Clean-Energy
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Structuring PPAs that support 24/7 carbon-free operations and load shaping
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Matching AI workloads with renewable generation patterns using storage and flexibility
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Mitigating curtailment, imbalance cost, and merchant exposure in long-term contracts
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Linking PPA strategies with grid planning to alleviate—not worsen—congestion
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Ensuring additionality and transparently measuring carbon impact of procurement
16:55 - 17:15
(20 mins)
[Keynote] Smarter Siting and Location Intelligence for Fast-Track Deployment (Reserved for Sponsor)
17:15 - 18:05
(50 mins)
[Panel] Innovating Public-Private Investment Models to Accelerate AI Data Centre and Grid Scaling in Europe
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Using blended finance and guarantees to derisk first-of-a-kind digital energy assets
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Enabling pre-investment in grid capacity where AI clusters have strategic importance
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Designing tariff models that recover infrastructure costs without distorting incentives
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Creating “Digital Energy Zones” integrating permits, land use, and transmission planning
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Building governance frameworks to ensure transparency, accountability, and local acceptance
18:05 - 19:30
(85 mins)
Cocktail Reception and Networking
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