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How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

Racing for Compute and its Endgame

January 20, 2026
16:15–17:00 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

AI's rapid growth is fuelling a trillion-dollar wave of data centre investment and a race to secure cheap, clean and abundant energy. As developers chase hydro, nuclear and geothermal sources, a new energy infrastructure is taking shape. How will this race for power redefine AI's next phase and what new business approaches will emerge to sustain it?

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Speakers

OB
Olivier Blum
Chief Executive Officer
Schneider Electric
EB
Ebba Busch
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Energy, Business and Industry of Sweden
Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation of Sweden
RH
Rene Haas
Chief Executive Officer
Arm
JP
Joshua Payne
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Nscale
KS
KR Sridhar
Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Bloom Energy
VV
Vijay Vythianathan Vaitheeswaran
Editor, Global Energy and Climate Innovation
The Economist

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