Participants will hear from two energy industry veterans - Matt Croucher and Raiford Smith - who are respectively leading data center planning and energy-related analytics and energy supply, infrastructure risk, and data center analytics at Google. The speakers will talk about the similarities and differences between building and running analytics teams at energy and high-tech companies. They will also share lessons learned, discuss various applications of AI/ML, and provide some insights about emerging trends and how analytics may aid their resolution.

Session Takeaways:

• Understand the similarities and differences between energy and high-tech
• Review technology stack and architecture between energy and high-tech
• Learn about AI/ML solutions to manage and optimize customer demand, energy consumption, energy market bidding strategies, and data center planning
• Identify emerging trends around 24x7 Carbon Free Energy and the implications for data and analytics