Drew Thompson
Assistant Vice President of Data Centers Black & Veatch
Innovations in energy and digitalization are creating powerful solutions for smart, sustainable infrastructure. I help companies become more connected, energized, sustainable and impactful by leveraging Black & Veatch’s 100+ years of comprehensive engineering, procurement, construction and consulting site infrastructure and utility integration expertise, and supporting the commercialization of these innovations.
My passion is to help global data center and mission critical clients of all sizes – from hyperscale to edge – obtain essential power infrastructure, implement renewable and clean energy solutions, access essential fiber communications and use water responsibly for their operational cooling.
Seminars
- Exploring how stranded, underutilized, and renewable energy assets can be leveraged to power edge deployments to unlock new deployment opportunities and create value from previously unused resources
- Determining which edge deployment models are best suited for onsite generation environments to maximize energy utilization and improve project economics
- Evaluating emerging generation, storage, and distributed energy technologies to improve energy resilience and support long-term edge expansion
