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In this episode, Kyle Younker sits down with Hans Royal, founder of RP Energy and creator of the Compute Heat Rate (CHR), a new metric that measures the economic value AI data centers derive from electricity. Royal explains why AI workloads can justify power prices far above today's wholesale markets, how that changes assumptions about demand response and grid planning, and why not all data center loads are created equal. The conversation explores the growing role of data centers in ele...

On this week’s episode, we sit down Dominic Ward, CEO of Verne, an Ardian-backed UK-headquartered data centre developer specialising in colocation designs and infrastructure for intensive compute workloads. Verne most recently revealed that the company was in talks with lenders for a capital raise to support the delivery of its 250 MW data centre development plans, with a view to bring the capacity online by 2030. In this episode, we explore how Verne is scaling its platform across Europe, se...

Sven Hodges and John Tormey, partners in the law firm of Mayer Brown join the NPM podcast this week to discuss the obstacles and solutions to re-igniting the nuclear industry, as well as highlighting some of the developments in advanced nuclear technologies. NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development-led coverage of the global power, storage & data centre markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community. Download our mobile...

Black & Veatch’s Rafael Frias III, Managing Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa, joins the show this week to share his experiences of navigating grid bottlenecks, energy storage integration, data centre power demand and addressing ageing network infrastructure, all from an engineering standpoint. Rafa, who in 2025 moved to the UK after a long stint in the US, also discusses with NPM’s Jon McNair the key differences between the countries’ energy markets and what lessons might be learn...

Michael Albrecht, managing director of GCM Grosvenor, joins the podcast today to discuss ongoing trends in infrastructure fund investing today, with a focus on the obstacles and solutions in today’s environment. Later in the program, Albrecht discusses state of play in digital infrastructure investing. NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development-led coverage of the global power, storage & data centre markets for the development, finance, M&A...