Join NASEO for the Powering Up Data Centers series, which will explore specific strategies State Energy Offices can use to address growing data center electricity demand while supporting energy affordability and grid reliability. The goal of this series is to enhance State Energy Offices’ understanding of the challenges and opportunities associated with data centers – including the near, mid, and long-term computational demand of public and private organizations that will drive data center growth and use – and ensure that State Energy Offices are better equipped to develop policies and programs to meet the energy needs in their states and propel economic development.

The next session of the series, ORNL's MEGA-DC: Answering States' Questions on Managing Data Center Growth, will be held on Monday, September 8, 2025, from 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET. This session will feature speakers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory to discuss the MEGA-DC program which assists states through data center siting capability and advanced modeling, optimization, and analytics tools for load forecasting.

Please register here or reach out to Catherine Reed (creed@naseo.org) or Camille Norton (cnorton@naseo.org) to learn more.