From AI-driven design to next-gen energy solutions, the future of real estate is increasingly digital. Bricks & Bytes brings together leading investors, developers, and innovators at the intersection of real estate and technology to unpack the trends shaping tomorrow’s built environment. Each session dives into one of the critical forces redefining our industry—data centers, power, AI, and more—with candid insights from those building at scale.

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Episode 2: Breaking the Gridlock: Off-Grid Power for Data Centers

As AI workloads push power demand to unprecedented heights, the grid can’t keep up. What comes next? From nuclear micro-reactors to distributed fuel cells, meet the innovators building the off-grid power backbone of tomorrow’s data centers.

Featured Speakers:

• Brian Gitt | Oklo
  Brian is Senior Vice President at Oklo, working on advanced nuclear power development aimed at delivering clean, reliable off-grid energy. He focuses on integrating technologies, navigating regulation, and scaling next-generation reactor systems.
• Gauri Potdar | GPC Infrastructure
  Gauri is an accomplished energy executive and sustainability strategist, currently serving as the Chief Commercial Officer at GPC Infrastructure. With over two decades of experience across emerging commodity markets, renewable energy, and midstream infrastructure, Gauri is known for her ability to identify growth opportunities and lead strategic partnerships in highly dynamic sectors.
• Jeff Barber | Bloom Energy
  Jeff is the Vice President for Global Data Centers at Bloom energy, based in California USA. Jeff has been leading global Sales and Marketing teams for the past 25 years, with companies such as EMC/Dell, Hewlett Packard and Oracle Corporation. After a long career in technology Jeff transitioned to the data center development world where he became involved with all aspects of the construction and lease processes to hyperscale tenants. 
• Juan Macias | AlphaStruxure
  A senior executive passionate about innovation and decarbonization, Juan leads AlphaStruxure, a Carlyle Group, and Schneider Electric joint venture. In this role, he enables organizations to achieve ambitious energy transformations by building digital, sustainable, and efficient critical microgrid infrastructure to solve their energy challenges and limit the impacts of climate change.

About the Creator & Moderator

Samidha Thakral is the creator and moderator of Bricks & Bytes. An experienced investment and development leader, she has helped deliver more than $5B in real estate and digital infrastructure projects across North America. At Prologis, she has played a central role in building a 1GW data center pipeline and delivering award-winning, innovative projects that set new standards in sustainability and design.