As power and grid delivery become a defining bottleneck in Europe, access to powered land is increasingly the primary driver of asset value. This session will explore how the supply/demand imbalance is influencing lending terms, collateral strength and potential returns; and how operators' strategies for securing and sequencing powered land positions influence lender confidence and financing terms. 

Understand why access to grid-ready land and power security has become the critical factor determining whether projects progress quickly or face multi-year delays. Examine how debt capital is deployed across the full development lifecycle, from land acquisition and powered land financing through to development funding and financing stabilised assets, and which lender profiles are best matched to each stage.  

*Wrap up the day with a collaborative, expert-led roundtable discussion over drinks*

Explore how demand from hyperscalers, enterprise customers and neocloud platforms is shaping development strategy. Compare what operators are hearing directly from customers about location, design and capacity requirements, and discuss how investors are interpreting AI-driven demand when deciding which projects and markets are truly investible. 

In a market shaped by delivery constraints and rising operational complexity, value creation does not stop once a deal is done, and increasingly it starts well before. This session explores how investors and operators build long-term platform performance, from due diligence that looks beyond the financials at management teams, systems, permitting and social licence to operate, through to the people, processes and tools that protect revenue once an asset is live.

Hear how community engagement and genuine heat reuse are becoming part of how assets are underwritten and how scarce power gets allocated, how investors can provide discipline when customers push for speed to market, and why customer selection and contract structures now shape a platform's ability to raise capital. Examine how investors and management teams keep strategy aligned across a 10 to 20-year asset life, not just to exit.