Strategies for Power Design and Procurement in the Data Center Era

Seminar on Power Design and Procurement in Data Centers

A seminar titled "Strategies for Power Design and Procurement in the Data Center Era" will be held on May 27, 2026, featuring Tetsuji Narita, CEO of NRT Energy Bridge Co., Ltd. This event will provide a comprehensive analysis of significant topics like watt-bit collaboration and GX strategy regions, focusing on power design and procurement strategies for the burgeoning AI data center industry.

Seminar Details

Date and Time: 10 AM - 12 PM, May 27, 2026
Location: SSK Seminar Room, 4F, Zaimax Nishishinbashi Building, 2-6-2 Nishishinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Format Options:

- In-Person Attendance
- Live Streaming via Zoom Webinar
- Archive Viewing available for two weeks for participants to watch at their convenience.

Key Topics to be Discussed

As the AI data center landscape rapidly expands, the power system's focus is shifting from merely securing quantity to ensuring reliability, environmental value, and simultaneous design timelines. While the government is advancing efforts in capacity planning through watt-bit partnerships and GX strategy regions, stakeholders such as DC operators, retailers, electricity producers, and municipalities often operate with differing terminologies and frameworks. This seminar will provide a structured overview from the current status of regulations to practical design considerations for Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) and energy source portfolios, including:

1. Holistic Overview: Understanding how AIDC has become a design variable within the power system
- The four driving factors behind DC: quantity, load characteristics, construction timeline, and decarbonization.
- The causal relationships from securing capacity to planned situations.

2. Watt-Bit Collaboration and Current Connection Norms:
- Addressing withholding issues from both generation and demand sides and strengthening entry regulations.
- Points of connection at DC site determination and information disclosure.

3. GX Strategy Regions (DC Aggregation):
- Discussing industrial cluster design focusing on equity, transparency, and cost burdens.
- Designing regulations to ensure pre-allocated capacity does not turn into additional withholding.

4. Practical Design for PPA and Energy Source Portfolio:
- Concepts for a three-layer portfolio incorporating batteries, demand response, and measurement.

5. Preparing for Environmental Value and 24/7 Clean Firm Energy (CFE):
- Key points on tracking, additionality, and coherence along with essential preparations for measurement and visualization.

6. Conclusion:
- A checklist for different stakeholders, including DC operators, retailers, aggregators, energy producers, and governments, focusing on points of interest.
- Practical implementation of solutions to ensure continuous operations and explainable designs through shared timelines.

7. Q&A / Networking: Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and exchange business cards.

Additional Information

Contact Information:
Nihon Shakai Shisutemu Comprehensive Research Institute (SSK)
2-6-2 Nishishinbashi, 4F, Zaimax Nishishinbashi Building, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 03-5532-8850
Fax: 03-5532-8851
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Join us at the seminar to gain valuable knowledge and insights into the future of power design and procurement in the data center era. Act quickly and reserve your spot today!