Data centers. Workforce.
The grid.
A working summit on the energy and economic forces reshaping Missouri and the Midwest. Hosted by the Missouri Energy Initiative with utility leaders, federal partners, and economic development decision-makers.
Demand is rewriting the Midwest energy playbook in real time.
Hyperscale data centers, retiring generation, and rural transmission constraints are converging — and Missouri sits at the center of every one of those conversations. This is the room where utility, federal, and economic development leaders will work through what's next.
What's on the table.
The real story behind data center demand.
Why other countries aren't using as much — and what hyperscale buildout actually means for Missouri grid load and local energy prices.
Workforce strategy for an aging energy sector.
How utilities and economic development orgs are responding to retirement waves and new infrastructure jobs simultaneously.
Generation, transmission, and rural demand.
Where new generation gets sited, how rural cooperatives are scaling, and what's holding back transmission build-out across the region.
Efficiency under high-demand conditions.
What energy efficiency means when load is climbing fast — and what it actually does to bills, reliability, and capacity planning.
Biggest economic development & energy stories.
The Missouri and Midwest deals, projects, and policy fights that defined 2025 — and what they signal for 2026.
Who's at the table.
A working room of 17 industry voices. Headlining the data center session: a federal energy official from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Central Onsite Energy Technical Assistance Partnership
Day of agenda.
Tuesday, December 9 · St. Louis, MO · All times Central.
Underwriting the conversation.
Be in the room where Missouri's energy future is decided.
Hyperscale demand. Aging generation. New federal money. The decisions made over the next twelve months will set Midwest energy strategy for the decade. This is where those conversations start.