Ameresco CEO highlights utility capacity gap for AI data centers

George Sakellaris, CEO of Ameresco, discusses the inability of traditional utilities to meet the escalating power demands from AI-driven data centers. He explains that with both the rapid growth of AI and the retirement of existing power plants, there's a critical need for localized, diverse energy solutions such as gas turbines, solar, wind, and battery storage, which he refers to as "inside the fence" power plants.