Join us for our next Making Energy Work webinar Data Centers Deep Dive - Impacts & Opportunities for Oregon!
We've gathered experts from across the industry to explore and unpack Oregon's fast-changing data center landscape and what it means for the state, with presenters including:
Edith Bayer, Energy Policy Team Lead of Oregon Department of Energy, providing a data-driven context of Oregon’s grid load growth and how data centers fit into ODOE's recently released Oregon State Energy Strategy;
Greg Dotson, Associate Professor at the University of Oregon and Member of Governor Kotek’s Data Center Advisory Committee, sharing key takeaways from their final report due July 2026, which will lay out a comprehensive regulatory framework for data center development aligned with the Governor’s Prosperity Roadmap;
Sarah Friedman, Co-Founder of Better Data Center Project, shedding light on community-based agreements and data center best practices for economic, social, and environmental impacts; and,
Noah Goldmann, Sr. Manager of Policy & Partnerships with Rewiring America, presenting on the Homegrown Energy Report, which describes how household upgrades can meet 100% of data center demand growth.
Audience: This free webinar is open to participants from municipalities, Tribal Nations, farms, ranches, community-based organizations, state agencies, independent energy developers, policy-makers and regulators, financial and academic institutions, and anyone else interested in learning more about the future of data center development in Oregon and beyond.
