For years, Texas has been one of the nation's most attractive markets for large-scale data center development. Now, that growth is starting to collide with a new reality: local communities want a bigger voice in what gets built around them.

At the recent Infocast Mountain West Renewables conference, Joey Marquart, Senior Vice President at Silverline, had the pleasure of moderating a panel on a topic that’s top of mind for many professionals in the energy sector right now: managing load growth as data centers expand across the Mountain West.

Over the four days of CLEANPOWER, tax credits and tariffs loomed over conversations, but this was met with an equally exhilarating energy for how clean energy can meet massive load growth with its unique speed-to-power. Here’s what’s trending in clean energy for 2025.