AI and Data centres is the biggest accelerator of ESS but there is far more complexity than 'more load = more batteries'. This panel will discuss:

• Why AI and data centres are system-shaping customers, not just demand growth
• Understanding power models: microgrids, hybrid systems
• Understanding the strains on transformers, switchgear, BOS components
• Is Reliability, uptime and redundancy more important than the lowest-cost power?
• ESS as a security and resilience asset, not a merchant asset
• Interface with UPS, DC architectures, and control systems
• Reshaping how ESS projects are designed, financed, operated
• Designing ESS for data?centre?grade reliability