You are invited to a new REMI webinar titled, “Powering Data Centers: Economic Implications“. This webinar is occurring on Wednesday, July 22nd, from 2:00-3:00pm ET, and is being presented by James Sheedy, Ekwinife Chibuogwu, and Sean McCarthy from REMI.

As artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and digital services continue to expand, data centers are becoming one of the fastest growing sources of electricity demand in the United States. Meeting this demand will require significant investment in power generation, transmission infrastructure, and grid reliability, while balancing costs, sustainability, and long term economic growth. Understanding the economic implications of these investments is critical for utilities, developers, policymakers, and regional planners. 

In this webinar, we will demonstrate how PROSERIS and our core economic models can be used to indicate the economic impacts of powering the next generation of data centers. Attendees will learn how to model the construction and operation of energy infrastructure while evaluating impacts on employment, labor income, gross regional product, industry output, tax revenues, and electricity demand. 

The webinar will examine multiple strategies for supporting data center growth, including transmission expansion, natural gas generation, renewable energy, battery storage, and Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) as one potential solution. Participants will gain practical insight into how different energy investments influence regional economies, supply chains, workforce demand, and long term competitiveness. By comparing alternative energy scenarios, attendees will learn how economic impact modeling can support informed decisions as communities and industries prepare for continued growth in digital infrastructure.