Webinar: The age of the microgrid – how to power an AI data center

As AI workloads accelerate, data center operators face growing challenges around power availability, grid constraints, sustainability, and speed to deployment. Discover how microgrids and distributed energy resources (DERs) can help build resilient, flexible power strategies for the AI era. In this broadcast, experts from Siemens and DatacenterDynamics discuss how to combine grid power, on-site generation, battery storage, renewable energy, and intelligent controls to support reliable, future-ready AI data center power infrastructure.

Agenda

  • Why microgrids are becoming a key part of AI data center power strategies​
  • How to combine grid power, on-site generation, battery storage, and renewable energy​
  • How to select and integrate the right distributed energy resources (DERs) for your site​
  • Best practices for intelligent control, monitoring, and future-proof power system design​
  • How modular architectures help accelerate deployment while supporting long-term scalability

Language: English
Cost: Free of charge

Who should attend

This webinar is designed for professionals who plan, design, operate, and optimize data center power infrastructure, including leaders in energy strategy, electrical infrastructure, sustainability, facilities, and operations. It is especially relevant for organizations evaluating microgrids, renewable energy integration, or hybrid power solutions to support AI-ready data centers.

Meet our speakers

Alex Dickins
Content Director, DatacenterDynamics (DCD)
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Rick Preston
Director of Business Development, Siemens
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Chris Davidson
Director of Electrification and Automation Solutions, Siemens
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Kevin Brown
Sustainability Solutions Manager, Siemens
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Devin Geckeler
Microgrid Solution Architect, Siemens
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Related resources

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  • Product: Microgrid Control – Bring substation and microgrid together in a single, unified platform - for visibility and control across complex energy systems with up to 2 GW generation capacity.
  • Reference Design: DSX Vera Rubin NVL72 – Siemens worked with NVIDIA, Fluence and nVent to develop a blueprint for high-density AI infrastructure, outlining end-to-end power delivery from utility interconnection through MV distribution to LV delivery at rack level, including integration of onsite generation, BESS, and microgrids.
  • Use Case: Integrate renewable power on-site – Learn more about how to integrate on-site renewable energy with intelligent control and power management systems to reduce grid dependency, accelerate time-to-power, and lower carbon emissions.
  • Data Centers: End-to-end portfolio – Siemens can help data center operations to plan, design, build, operate and scale facilities that are AI-ready, efficient, resilient and sustainable.

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