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July 23, 2026 Data Centers & Energy

Speed to Power: Building Energy Infrastructure – Peter Belmonte

As AI and data center demand continue to accelerate, the need for reliable and scalable power infrastructure has never been greater. Join Pete Belmonte, Founder of Stallion Energy & Environmental, as he shares practical insights from more than 34 years in power generation, covering permitting, interconnection, energy storage, and project execution. Learn the strategies developers are using to deliver energy infrastructure faster and navigate today's rapidly evolving power landscape.

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July 7, 2026 Data Centers & Energy

Data Centers Dissected - TBDA from The Austin Forum (Jimmy Pike, TASK Consultancy & Michael Schulte, AMD)

Field report from The Austin Forum's "Data Centers Dissected" panel at ACC Rio Grande, moderated by Dr. Jay Boisseau. The brief right-sizes the AI data-center panic: the national footprint is modest (~1.5% of global electricity today, rising toward ~3% by 2030) while the real strain lands locally on specific watersheds and grids. Covers exploding rack density (toward ~1 MW per rack by 2030), why cooling and the grid - not the chip - are the binding constraints, full-stack efficiency gains of 100–1000x, and the upside case of exascale science (AlphaFold, fusion, and carbon-negative supercomputing). The closing thesis: the goal is not less computing, it is more useful computing.

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Preview – Your Company's AI, Built For You

June 4, 2026 Enterprise AI

Your Company's AI, Built For You - Webinar with Robert Toth, PhD (Theta Tech AI)

Webinar recap and briefing from SkyTerra's June session with Robert Toth, PhD of Theta Tech AI. Covers the shift from scattered shadow AI to secure, shared, company-wide infrastructure that learns from every interaction, plus RAG and knowledge graphs, the token economy, MCP as the connective standard (past 10,000 public servers and 97M monthly downloads), and company-specific workflows that keep a human in the loop.

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Preview – R-Zinc 4.0: Collaborate and Accelerate

May 6–7, 2026 Zinc Batteries

R-Zinc 4.0: Collaborate and Accelerate - Hosted by EverZinc

Industry intelligence brief from R-Zinc 4.0 in Nashville, hosted by EverZinc. Coverage includes the working tour of EverZinc's zinc oxide plant in Tennessee, the Zinc Battery Use Cases and Commercialization panel featuring Urban Electric Power, Octet Scientific, Camelot Energy Group, and ZincFive, and a keynote from Dr. Josef Daniel Ivad (International Zinc Association / Zinc Battery Initiative) on scaling zinc battery manufacturing by 100x.

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April 26 – May 1, 2026 AI & Materials Discovery

MRS Spring 2026 MT Symposia - The AI-for-Materials Track

Industry intelligence brief from the Materials Theory symposia at the 2026 MRS Spring Meeting in Honolulu. Foundation Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials crossed from research demo to deployable infrastructure, agentic self-driving labs moved into production, and synthesizability emerged as the new rate-limiting step. Features SES AI's Molecular Universe spotlight (CATL, BYD, national labs), NVIDIA's Alchemy compute stack, Meta FAIR's unified models, and the open frontier in battery interphase modeling.

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April 2026 Grid & Transmission

Powering Texas's Future: The Grid Challenge of a Generation

Insights from the Austin Innovation Hub Energy & Grid Panel with Centerpoint Energy, SmartWires, and Distributed Grid on Texas's 50–60 GW expansion challenge, Houston load growth, and the next decade of grid modernization.

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March 15, 2026 AI & Future of Work

Mike Bechtel Keynote - SXSW 2026 (Red Thread X House)

Insights from Deloitte's former Chief Futurist on AI, blockchain, quantum computing, and his "Simpler, Smarter, Stronger" framework - plus an exclusive Penguin Random House book announcement at The Line Austin Hotel.

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Preview – Austin Science Network SXSW Panel

March 15, 2026 Hard Tech & Energy

Austin Science Network SXSW Panel - Hard Tech, Data Centers & Power Systems

SXSW panel discussion with Jonathan Scharf PhD (SkyTerra Group), Alex Foster (Arxell), and Daniel Wang Esq. (Eversheds Sutherland) on the convergence of hard tech, hyperscale data centers, and next-generation power systems.

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February 17, 2026 Policy

Texas Energy Policy: A 2026 Crossroads

A comprehensive analysis of Texas energy policy at a pivotal moment, examining ERCOT governance, legislative priorities, and the future of the state's energy market.

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February 9–12, 2026 Battery Technology

NAATBatt 2026 Annual Report

Comprehensive analysis of battery technology trends, market developments, and strategic insights from the National Alliance for Advanced Technology Batteries annual meeting in Tucson, Arizona.

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February 1, 2026 Grid & Mobility

The Electrification of Mobility, Autonomy and Implications for the Grid

Exploring the convergence of electrified transport, autonomous systems, and their cascading effects on grid infrastructure and planning.

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January 20–21, 2026 Aerospace & Energy Storage

NASA Aerospace Battery Workshop Report

Key findings and technical insights from the NASA aerospace battery technology workshop covering next-generation cell chemistries and safety.

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October 21, 2025 Texas Grid Transformation

Clean TX Grid NEXT ATX 2025 - Transforming the Texas Grid

Strategic insights and policy recommendations for modernizing Texas's electric grid infrastructure to support clean energy transition and grid resilience.

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Meet the Zillions Assistant - real intelligence, real impact, at scale

September 10, 2026 Substack

When Deep Research Meets AI: SkyTerra Group Partners with Red Thread X

Introducing the Zillions Assistant, an AI-powered way to explore, understand, and put deep research to work.

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August 27, 2026 Substack

SkyTerra September Webinar: Exploring the Future of Cleaner Aviation with Forever Flight Worldwide

We’re excited to share some big news from SkyTerra Group as we continue bringing together leaders, innovators, and organizations working at the intersection of energy, technology, infrastructure, and emerging solutions.

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August 17, 2026 Substack

Building the Future of AI Together: Welcoming Josiah Bryan to the SkyTerra Network

Bringing together AI innovation, human expertise, and meaningful collaboration

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August 5, 2026 Substack

Join Me at the Sodium-Ion Battery Show with SES AI

Exploring the Future of Battery Technology at the Sodium-Ion Battery Show

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July 21, 2026 Substack

Building Smarter Energy Together: SkyTerra Group & True Balancing LLC Announce Strategic Partnership

The future of energy isn’t built by one company alone.

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June 30, 2026 Substack

The Battery Industry Is No Longer Racing for Better Chemistry. It's Racing for Better Reliability.

What NAATBatt 2026 revealed about the next competitive advantage in batteries and why reliability is becoming the industry's defining metric.

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June 29, 2026 Substack

The Future of EV Charging Isn't About Chargers. It's About the Grid.

As electric mobility scales, infrastructure not vehicles is emerging as the industry's greatest strategic challenge.

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June 26, 2026 Substack

Reliability Is Becoming the New Frontier in Aerospace Batteries

NASA Battery Workshop | The NASA Battery Workshop highlighted a fundamental shift from maximizing performance to engineering predictable, scalable safety.

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June 25, 2026 Substack

Why We Built the Engagement App: Solving Energy's Knowledge Fragmentation

As energy projects become more complex, the greatest challenge isn't collecting more data, it's connecting the knowledge that already exists.

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June 23, 2026 Substack

SkyTerra Monthly Webinar: Integrated Expertise for Power Generation, Permitting, and the Energy Transition

Join us on our Second webinar!

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June 23, 2026 Substack

Is Your Company’s Biggest AI Risk… Lack of Alignment?

What if the biggest AI risk facing your company isn’t that employees aren’t using AI, but that they’re all using it differently?

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September 3, 2025 Microgrids & Resilience

Designing Reliable Microgrids: Key Lessons and Best Practices

Microgrids are self-contained energy systems capable of operating independently or in conjunction with the main grid. They are being implemented in a wide range of settings, from remote, off-grid regions to urban facilities such as hospitals, university campuses, industrial sites, commercial...

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July 25, 2025 Data Centers & Energy

AI Energy Consumption and Policy Effects on Renewables Integration

The evolution of AI technologies, from machine learning to complex data processing, has led to skyrocketing energy consumption. AI-driven data centers are emerging as massive electricity consumers, often relying on traditional energy sources. This trend presents a challenge to sustainability, as...

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April 11, 2025 Policy & Advocacy

Advocacy and Legislative Trends in Texas Energy Policy

The CleanTX Austin Chapter Luncheon, held on March 31, 2025, served as a significant platform to discuss the evolving legislative landscape in Texas's energy sector. Featured discussions centered on key bills and policies, including SB 819, SB 715, and SB 388, each carrying potential implications...

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January 3, 2025 Offshore Wind

Are offshore wind turbines killing whales?

This topic has sparked a lot of controversy, but it's important to focus on the facts. As the PBS NewsHour reporting the post cites puts it: these whales died before a single turbine was built in the supposedly culpable wind farm.

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September 8, 2024 Utility-Scale Renewables

The Future of Utility-Scale Renewable Energy Projects: EMS, AI/ML, and the Role of BESS

The shift toward renewable energy is reshaping the global energy landscape, and utility-scale projects are key to this transformation. Energy Management Systems (EMS), smart grids, and advanced technologies like AI/ML are playing crucial roles in efficiently integrating renewable energy sources...

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September 8, 2024 Battery Supply Chain

Navigating the Unpredictability of Mineral Prices in Battery Supply Chain Management

The rapid growth of the electric vehicle (EV) market and renewable energy sectors has created immense pressure on the battery supply chain. Critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, and nickel are essential for battery manufacturing, but their prices remain highly volatile, driven by global supply...

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Webinar recaps, product demos and field notes. View the channel

September 10, 2026 Product Demo

Red Thread X × SkyTerra: Meet the Zillions Assistant

Together with Red Thread X, SkyTerra Group built the Zillions Assistant, turning the Zillions knowledge base into an interactive AI-powered experience. Ask questions, explore connections, trace insights back to their sources, and discover more from the research.

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August 3, 2026 AI & Energy

What if the biggest challenge facing AI isn't AI itself... but power? ⚡

Peter Belmonte shares why electricity, grid capacity, and energy infrastructure will determine how fast AI can grow. Watch this short to learn why Speed to Power is becoming one of the most important conversations in AI and energy.

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July 30, 2026 AI & Energy

AI's Biggest Challenge Isn't Technology, It's Electricity

In this SkyTerra webinar, Peter Belmonte explains why the real constraint isn't GPUs or semiconductors. It is our ability to generate, transmit, and deliver electricity. The future of AI depends just as much on energy infrastructure as it does on advances in computing.

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July 29, 2026 Product Demo

One AI Platform That Replaces 10 Tools

SkyTerra's Engagement App brings AI meeting notes, automated task management, presentations, payments, document management, and a curated professional network into one workspace designed to move teams from conversation to execution faster.

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July 14, 2026 AI & Energy

Why the Future of AI Depends on Energy Infrastructure

The next generation of AI campuses will consume significantly more electricity than traditional facilities, creating new opportunities and new challenges for utilities, developers, and infrastructure leaders. The future of AI depends on the energy infrastructure to support what is next.

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July 2, 2026 Applied AI

AI isn't replacing people, it's transforming how we solve problems. #artificialintelligence #ai

One of the biggest misconceptions about AI is that it automatically learns from every interaction. AI is only as valuable as the knowledge, data, and human expertise behind it. People asking better questions, sharing insights, and solving real-world problems drive innovation.

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June 25, 2026 Product Demo

What if your biggest competitive advantage is already in your conversation and you’re not using it?

The Engagement App captures and organizes day-to-day communication, including calls, documents, and emails, then turns it into structured and actionable intelligence using LLMs. It helps teams generate slide decks, map stakeholders, surface key asks, and turn conversations into usable outputs.

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June 11, 2026 Webinar Recap

Your Company's AI, Built For You - Robert Toth, Theta Tech AI | SkyTerra Webinar Recap

In our latest SkyTerra webinar, Robert Toth, Ph.D. (Founder, Theta Tech AI) breaks down how to turn scattered, individual AI use into secure, shared, company-wide infrastructure that actually understands your business. Key points: • Shared AI doesn't get smarter over time - it...

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April 23, 2026 Company Overview

SkyTerra Group Overview | How Top Experts Deliver Real Projects in Energy & AI

SkyTerra is a curated Project Delivery Network for energy, AI, and critical infrastructure. Think Yelp meets McKinsey for project delivery, trusted discovery, real matching, and real execution. In under three minutes, we break down: 🤝 Who joins Experts, consultants, operators...

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March 20, 2026 Product Demo

Engagement Agent App Demo | Smarter Project Management

Unlock the power of your project data with the SkyTerra Engagement Agent. This demo walks through how the Engagement Agent turns scattered project information into something you can actually use: organized, searchable, and powered by AI. Instead of digging through notes or...

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September 24, 2025 Field Project

Swapping Diesel with Solar in the Bahamas

🏝️ We recently flew to a Bahamian island... not for vacation, but to engineer a cleaner, quieter power system using microgrids for a remote resort. We are the engineers supporting rising demand while cutting generator runtime. Remote islands are often highly dependent on diesel...

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August 26, 2025 Product Demo

SkyTerra's AI Business Card Reader

🔎 Here's a closer look at SkyTerra's new AI business card reader app. If you have ever come back from a conference with a stack of cards, this app makes follow-up simple. Upload a photo of your business cards, review the extracted details, and export a clean spreadsheet that...

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August 20, 2025 Project Delivery

Here’s How We Use Notion for B2B Project Management

Get full visibility into your project’s progress without spreadsheets or extra tools. At SkyTerra Group, we use Notion to build interactive dashboards that clients can access in real time. These dashboards include timelines, task tracking, meeting notes, action items, and...

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July 2026 2

Speed to Power: Building Energy Infrastructure – Peter Belmonte

Data Centers Dissected - TBDA from The Austin Forum (Jimmy Pike, TASK Consultancy & Michael Schulte, AMD)

June 2026 1

Your Company's AI, Built For You - Webinar with Robert Toth, PhD (Theta Tech AI)

May 2026 1

R-Zinc 4.0: Collaborate and Accelerate - Hosted by EverZinc

April 2026 2

MRS Spring 2026 MT Symposia - The AI-for-Materials Track

Powering Texas's Future: The Grid Challenge of a Generation

March 2026 2

Mike Bechtel Keynote - SXSW 2026 (Red Thread X House)

Austin Science Network SXSW Panel - Hard Tech, Data Centers & Power Systems

February 2026 3

Texas Energy Policy: A 2026 Crossroads

NAATBatt 2026 Annual Report

The Electrification of Mobility, Autonomy and Implications for the Grid

January 2026 1

NASA Aerospace Battery Workshop Report

October 2025 1

Clean TX Grid NEXT ATX 2025 - Transforming the Texas Grid

September 2026 1

When Deep Research Meets AI: SkyTerra Group Partners with Red Thread X

August 2026 3

SkyTerra September Webinar: Exploring the Future of Cleaner Aviation with Forever Flight Worldwide

Building the Future of AI Together: Welcoming Josiah Bryan to the SkyTerra Network

Join Me at the Sodium-Ion Battery Show with SES AI

July 2026 1

Building Smarter Energy Together: SkyTerra Group & True Balancing LLC Announce Strategic Partnership

June 2026 6

The Battery Industry Is No Longer Racing for Better Chemistry. It's Racing for Better Reliability.

The Future of EV Charging Isn't About Chargers. It's About the Grid.

Reliability Is Becoming the New Frontier in Aerospace Batteries

Why We Built the Engagement App: Solving Energy's Knowledge Fragmentation

SkyTerra Monthly Webinar: Integrated Expertise for Power Generation, Permitting, and the Energy Transition

Is Your Company’s Biggest AI Risk… Lack of Alignment?

September 2025 1

Designing Reliable Microgrids: Key Lessons and Best Practices

July 2025 1

AI Energy Consumption and Policy Effects on Renewables Integration

April 2025 1

Advocacy and Legislative Trends in Texas Energy Policy

January 2025 1

Are offshore wind turbines killing whales?

September 2024 2

The Future of Utility-Scale Renewable Energy Projects: EMS, AI/ML, and the Role of BESS

Navigating the Unpredictability of Mineral Prices in Battery Supply Chain Management

September 2026 1

Red Thread X × SkyTerra: Meet the Zillions Assistant

August 2026 1

What if the biggest challenge facing AI isn't AI itself... but power? ⚡

July 2026 4

AI's Biggest Challenge Isn't Technology, It's Electricity

One AI Platform That Replaces 10 Tools

Why the Future of AI Depends on Energy Infrastructure

AI isn't replacing people, it's transforming how we solve problems. #artificialintelligence #ai

June 2026 2

What if your biggest competitive advantage is already in your conversation and you’re not using it?

Your Company's AI, Built For You - Robert Toth, Theta Tech AI | SkyTerra Webinar Recap

April 2026 1

SkyTerra Group Overview | How Top Experts Deliver Real Projects in Energy & AI

March 2026 1

Engagement Agent App Demo | Smarter Project Management

September 2025 1

Swapping Diesel with Solar in the Bahamas

August 2025 2

SkyTerra's AI Business Card Reader

Here’s How We Use Notion for B2B Project Management