Powering the AI Boom: What Electrical Engineers and Contractors Need to Know About Microgrids, BESS, and BYOP
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Data center construction is colliding with a power bottleneck. Interconnection queues now stretch past five years in major markets, and developers are responding with microgrids, battery energy storage systems, and bring-your-own-power strategies that push more electrical infrastructure inside the fence line. For engineers and contractors working on these projects, that shift changes what conduit specification looks like, and raises new questions around grounding, fire code compliance, and installation at scale.
Join Matt Fredericks, VP of Sales and Marketing at Champion Fiberglass®, for a practical look at how these power strategies are reshaping underground electrical infrastructure. Drawing on real project data and current code requirements, Matt will walk through what's driving these builds, where conduit decisions carry the most risk, and what tools are available to help your team plan with confidence.
What you'll learn:
- How microgrids, BESS, and BYOP strategies are changing data center power delivery, and what's driving developers toward each approach
- The specific conduit challenges each strategy introduces, from fault resistance to fire resistance requirements
- How grounding and bonding work with nonmetallic conduit systems
- Specification guidance for medium-voltage duct banks and multi-circuit runs
- Lessons from real data center installations, including common field pitfalls to avoid
- How tools like BIM modeling and the Champ Pull® calculator can streamline design and installation
Speaker
Matt Fredericks
Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Champion Fiberglass®
Matt Fredericks brings a decade of industry experience to his role at Champion Fiberglass. He previously worked at Upper Midwest Utility Sales, a manufacturer’s representative agency, where he sold Champion Fiberglass® conduit to electrical contractors and the utility market. As the Vice President of Sales and Marketing, he is responsible for overseeing the outside sales team, as well as developing high-level relationships within the electric and telecommunications utilities and the contractors that serve them, to increase Champion Fiberglass market awareness and sales revenues. He also works with the EVP of Sales & Marketing and Champion Fiberglass manufacturer’s reps to grow and expand the customer base and market share in North America. Fredericks has a BA from the University of Minnesota – Morris.
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