Description

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is sponsoring an event to engage directly with industry participants interested in learning more about a recently published Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking proposals from U.S. companies to build and power AI data centers on the Oak Ridge Reservation. Participants will see footage of the two sites available for consideration, hear from national, state and local leadership, receive updates from DOE officials, and ask questions about the RFP.

This will be a virtual meeting - RSVP to steve.cooke@orem.doe.gov to get the link to join.

Agenda:

1:00 p.m. EDT  -  Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Tracy Boatner (President & CEO, East Tennessee Economic Council)
• Stuart McWhorter (Commissioner, TN Department of Economic and Community Development)
• Erik Olds (Manager, Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management)

1:15 p.m. EDT  -  Remarks from Elected Officials

• The Honorable Marsha Blackburn (U.S. Senator, Tennessee)
• The Honorable Bill Hagerty (U.S. Senator, Tennessee)
• The Honorable Chuck Fleischmann (U.S. Representative, Tennessee)
• Warren Gooch (Mayor, City of Oak Ridge)

1:30 p.m. EDT  -  Department of Energy-HQ Views

• Dr. Darío Gil (Undersecretary for Science)
• Tim Walsh (Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management)

1:45 p.m. EDT  -  Site Overviews and request for proposal Description & Process

• Site A overview (Trey Wheeler, ORNL Site Office Manager)
• Site B overview (Erin Sutton, Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management)
• RFP process (Marla Larsen-Williams, SC Consolidated Service Center)

2:45 p.m. EDT  -  Question and Answer Session Participants

• DOE Office of Policy
• DOE Loan Programs Office
• DOE Oak Ridge National Laboratory Site Office
• DOE Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management
• DOE Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Enbridge

3:15 p.m. EDT  -  Conclusion