How AI Influences US Data Center Power Demand
Speakers
Ashish Sethia
Managing Director, Commodities Research & Product Strategy
BloombergNEF
Based out of Houston, Ashish leads a global group of energy, commodities and technology sector experts analyzing net-zero emissions pathways. He works extensively with CXOs & policy makers to decipher the inter-dependencies between various components of the energy transition, to facilitate strategic decision-making. His team analyses asset valuations and investments, financing and contractual structures, technology evolution, policy developments and demand-supply drivers in power, natural gas & LNG, oil & petrochemicals, metals & mining and carbon markets. In his previous role at BloombergNEF in Singapore, he was the Head of Asia Pacific Research where he also analyzed and advised on clean energy, battery storage, sustainable finance and mobility sectors. Over the years Ashish has spoken at leading forums such as the World Future Energy Summit, World Energy Leader’s Summit and the Clean Energy Ministerial, hosted dialogues with G-20 ministers and given inputs to the works of the World Economic Forum and the World Energy Council. He has also shared his views at the London Stock Exchange, the White House executive office and at leading educational institutions. Ashish is quoted extensively by media organizations like Bloomberg TV, The Guardian, Sky News and Economic Times. Prior to joining Bloomberg, he led digital technology, capital budgeting and business process re-engineering projects across the world at European and Indian business consulting and technology firms. Ashish started his career at one of India’s largest private sector power companies where he was in charge of commercial operations and smart grid deployment. An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, he has a first class degree in Engineering and a MBA in Finance and Strategy. Ashish is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.
Helen Kou
Head of, US Power
BloombergNEF
Helen Kou heads BloombergNEF’s US Power practice based out of San Francisco, California, overseeing a research team that produces insights on US power markets and power prices. This includes analysis on power market fundamentals, regional market outlooks and regional price forecasts. Prior to BNEF, she was en energy fellow at the California Energy Commission and earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Economics and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Physics and Engineering Sciences from University of California, Berkeley.
Nathalie Limandibhratha
Senior Associate, US Power
BloombergNEF
Nathalie Limandibhratha conducts analysis on U.S. power markets for BloombergNEF. She previously worked at Tesla focused on their residential PV Systems. Nathalie holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering and a BA in Economics from Claremont McKenna College.