The Data Center Energy Industry Update is a one-day executive conference in a prestigious venue in Houston—the energy capital of the world—bringing together the full energy ecosystem powering AI infrastructure, with a focus on the South Central United States.

Building on the momentum of The Power Connection’s regional off-grid power conferences in the Permian and Marcellus basins, this event unites a broader group of energy producers, equipment manufacturers, and infrastructure providers with the AI data center developers, builders, and tenants who are racing to bring massive compute online. A confluence of factors including policy, grid backlog, and reliability are forcing AI stakeholders off the grid for electricity. Their hunt is creating generational opportunities in the power sector, and this conference is where the industry gathers to find the right solutions, the right partners, and the right information to energize the future of AI.

Located in Houston, the Data Center Energy Industry Update is the central meeting point for leaders defining how power procurement, technology, land, and supply chains will evolve in the era of AI‑driven power demand. The focus on the South Central U.S. positions the conference in the middle of the country’s fastest growing corridor for powered land and data center development. Attendees will include stakeholders from Silicon Valley, major Texas and Oklahoma projects, and emerging sites across Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico, and the broader Lower 48 as well as energy producers involved with the explosive growth happening here.

This is where the next wave of AI‑ready power and infrastructure deals will be shaped.