Globinar Global Chamber® San Francisco with Paul Charles on Energy and Data Centers

Globinar Global Chamber® San Francisco: Paul Charles on Grid Law™ and the AI Data Center: Why Power Availability and Energy Storage Now Define AI Deployment

• Wednesday, March 11th at noon PT / 2pm ET / 8pm London

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Agenda

• Board Chair Shupto Mahbub of MatrixMindz
• Paul Charles on Datacenters, Power, Energy, Batteries and the Opportunities
• Member Roundtable
• 2026 Chapter Plans

AI is not limited by chips anymore. It is limited by power.

Join Paul Charles, Co-Chair of NAATBatt’s Energy Storage & Data Center Committee, for a discussion on Grid Law™ and why power delivery now determines where AI can scale. As data centers move toward gigawatt demand, batteries and grid access are becoming strategic infrastructure, not support equipment.

Abstract
AI is reshaping global infrastructure at unprecedented speed. But the constraint on AI growth is no longer silicon. It is power delivery.

As AI data centers move toward gigawatt scale, regional grid access, interconnection timelines, energy storage integration, and time-to-power now determine where AI capacity can actually be deployed. In many markets, compute capital is available, but power is not.

In this session, Paul Charles introduces Grid Law™: the reality that power delivery, not compute capability, now sets the ceiling on AI scale. Drawing from real-world deployments, the discussion examines:

• Why time-to-power is becoming the primary gating factor in AI infrastructure
• How batteries have shifted from backup systems to enabling infrastructure
• What this means for global competitiveness, capital allocation, and industrial policy
• How AI data centers are evolving into industrial-scale energy platforms

This session is designed for executives, investors, policymakers, and infrastructure leaders navigating the intersection of AI, energy, and global economic development.

Speaker:

Paul Charles - Co-Founder American Battery Factory | CEO, President and Founder at Charles and Associates, LLC

Paul Charles is a senior executive and global advisor focused on advanced batteries, energy systems, and AI-scale data center infrastructure. He serves as Co-Chair of NAATBatt International’s Energy Storage & Data Center Committee and advises companies, investors, and governments worldwide on power strategy and large-scale infrastructure deployment through Charles & Associates.

He leads Full Stack Data Centers™, a turnkey rapid-deployment platform integrating power systems, energy storage, modular construction, commissioning, and operations. Paul was Co-Founder and first CEO of American Battery Factory and is a frequent keynote speaker on AI infrastructure and energy strategy. He was named one of the Top 25 Battery Technology Influencers to Follow by Battery Technology.

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