Americas Webinar: Powering the Next Wave of U.S. Data Center Growth
WEBINAR | SEPTEMBER 24, 2026 | 4 PM ET | FREE TO ATTEND
Join Colby Cox, Alexandra Desseyn, and experts from across the power and data center ecosystem for a data-led discussion on how access to power is shaping development across the United States.
Power is now central to nearly every major data center decision, but the challenge extends beyond whether enough capacity exists. Utility timelines, transmission constraints, interconnection queues, regulatory changes, and rising infrastructure costs are determining which projects can move forward, where they can be built, and when they can be energized.
Rather than stop at “power is the biggest constraint,” this webinar will examine what that actually means for projects, stakeholders, and markets across the United States. We’ll begin with a brief market overview from Colby and Alexandra to contextualize current development activity, power availability, project timelines, and where constraints are having the greatest impact. Afterwards, our panel of experts will explore how developers, utilities, operators, regulators, and investors are responding to these challenges on the ground.
What You’ll Learn
- How AI and hyperscale development are changing load requirements and infrastructure planning
- What utility timelines, transmission constraints, and queue management mean for grid access
- Which alternative and behind-the-meter strategies could accelerate time to power
- How utility and developer relationships are evolving to support large-load customers
- How power availability is reshaping site selection and market viability
- How policymakers and regulators are approaching infrastructure investment, tariffs, and grid upgrade costs
- How power uncertainty is influencing execution risk, investment decisions, bottlenecks, and opportunities
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Meet Your Speakers
Colby Cox, Managing Director – Americas, DC Byte
Colby Cox leads DC Byte’s Americas operations, overseeing regional sales strategy and client engagement across one of the most active data center markets globally. Based in Northern Virginia, the world’s largest data center hub, he works closely with operators, investors and infrastructure partners to help them understand capacity pipelines and emerging opportunities across the Americas.
Alexandra Desseyn, Research Manager – Americas, DC Byte
Alexandra Desseyn leads research coverage for the Americas at DC Byte, analyzing development pipelines, hyperscale demand and regional market growth across the United States and Latin America. Her team’s work provides data-driven insight into how infrastructure markets are evolving across the region.
Robin Starcher, SVP Business Development – Stella Power Co.
Robin is SVP Business Development at Stella Power Co., bringing more than 35 years of leadership experience across the energy and commodities industries. Her background includes complex energy commodity contracting, strategic business development, and executive leadership. She was a Co-Founder of MP2 Energy, which was acquired by Shell Corporation in 2017 and now known as Shell Energy. A former Women’s Minister, Robin remains passionate about serving others and continues to mentor and encourage women in leadership, faith, and purpose.
Who This Webinar is For
• Data center operators
• Infrastructure investors
• Developers and real estate stakeholders
• Technology companies and hyperscalers
• Data center suppliers and ecosystem partners
Market Intelligence
This webinar is part of DC Byte’s Regional Market Intelligence Series, providing regular insights into the global digital infrastructure landscape.
About DC Byte
DC Byte provides market intelligence used by operators, investors, hyperscalers and infrastructure partners across the global data center industry. Our platform tracks the Americas data center market in real time, giving organizations clear visibility into capacity growth, hyperscale expansion and digital infrastructure investment trends across North and South America.
Our analysts monitor data center capacity pipelines, AI-driven demand and power availability constraints to help industry stakeholders understand where new developments are emerging and which markets are attracting the most investment.
The DC Byte platform tracks:
• 136+ countries tracked
• 500+ GW of IT capacity
• 8,500+ data center facilities worldwide
These insights help organizations understand how hyperscale demand, AI infrastructure growth and regulatory pressures are reshaping the Americas digital infrastructure landscape.
