43 Proposed Solutions 8 Turbo-charge the Global Economy through Well-Funded Energy and AI OPTIMIZING THE ENERGY SYSTEM • Energy mapping to balance supply and demand and minimize energy, resource and capital intensity. • Optimize the grid, understanding centralized & distributed solutions • Build battery siting and optimization models and policies to maximize load factors and optimize grid usage • Support energy efficiency alliance to increase the efficiency of energy consumption, sharing AI tools and applications. • Produce energy infrastructure maturity assessment • Accelerate new tech generation • Better demands side management of Data Center usage and future baseload requirements. IMPROVE ACCESS TO, AND USE OF, CAPITAL • Define new capital market models which are more aligned to production capacity and minimizing the LCOE of the energy system, not individual projects • Drive adoption of new financial models such as catalytic equity and enterprise-backed credit to unlock capacity • Accelerate low-cost infrastructure-light solutions to increase access to energy intelligence • Increase access to online banking for all and easier access to credit scores MAXIMIZING THE VALUE OF DATA CENTER SITING • Defining archetypes for the next wave of sitings outside of US & China • Agreeing data partnerships to overcome constraints of data sovereignty • Aligning community integration with data centers for win-win solutions, including demand-side management tools. • Develop data center standards for use of market vs location-based accounting and efficiency • Develop regional tech maturity and talent scores Unattributed quote For the first time in human history, you can take a kilowatt of electricity and turn it directly into intelligence. But we cannot achieve the dream of artificial intelligence without more power. Power is knowledge now.