Name
AI, Energy & the Fusion Infrastructure Race
Date & Time
Thursday, September 24, 2026, 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Hans-Henrich Altfeld Cyd Cowley Alex Higginbottom Federico Felici
Description

As AI accelerates electricity demand, energy availability, grid capacity, cooling, and industrial resilience are becoming strategic bottlenecks. Fusion is emerging not only as a future power source, but as a critical infrastructure layer for the AI era - driving advances in superconductors, advanced magnets, cryogenics, and high- density energy systems.

  • Is energy becoming the main bottleneck to scaling AI?
  • Which fusion-enabling technologies could commercialize before fusion power itself?
  • How could superconductors and advanced energy systems reshape AI infrastructure and data centers?
  • Where do fusion, AI, defence, and industrial sovereignty intersect?
  • How should Europe position itself in the global race for AI and fusion infrastructure?