Infocast ERCOT Market Summit Panel on Data Centers Interconnection

          Troutman Pepper Locke
          
            · January 26, 2026
          
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Infocast is hosting a panel discussion at the ERCOT Market Summit on February 10, 2026.

Event announcement:Panel Discussion titled “Data Centers and Other Large Loads in ERCOT: Meeting Interconnection, Grid Integration, and Reliability Needs”.
- Date & Time: February 10, 2026 | 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM CT.
- Location:Kalahari Resort, Round Rock, TX.
- Moderator:Casey Bell, Partner, TROUTMAN PEPPER LOCKE LLP.
- Panelists:Matthew Boms (Executive Director, TEXAS ADVANCED ENERGY BUSINESS ALLIANCE); Kent Draper (Chief Commercial Officer, IREN); Ruchira Shah (General Manager, Software Product Management, WÄRTSILÄ ENERGY STORAGE, INC); Dan Stanzione (Executive Director, Texas Advanced Computing Center, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN); Joel Yu (Senior Vice President, Policy & External Affairs, ENCHANTED ROCK).
Background & agenda topics: The panel will examine technical and market issues affecting large electricity loads in ERCOT, including differences in needs for AI-based data centers vs. crypto miners and other flexible loads, influence of corporate sustainability goals on power procurement, local opposition to onsite power/interim solutions, willingness of developers to commit to SMRs, geothermal, and other clean firm generation, interconnection process concerns, utility tariff structures to enable transmission builds, and price signals for demand response.
- Registration: see event page for registration and details (link provided).