Our electricity system is at an inflection point. AI data centers are adding gigawatts of new load at an unprecedented pace, and electrification is accelerating — driving urgent, concrete demand for flexibility at every level of the grid. For distributed flexibility, that’s a fundamental shift: there is now direct economic demand for capacity itself, not only at the core of the grid, but also at its edges.
The result is a market coming into focus in real time. Distributed batteries, demand response programs, customer-sited flexible load resources, and rooftop solar aggregations are becoming critical grid infrastructure — and the conditions that make this market viable are falling into place across the board.
Flex Summit 2026 is Latitude Media’s two-day conference in Austin on distributed capacity, grid-edge flexibility, and the new demand economy.
Who attends
This conference is designed for senior leaders and practitioners working to scale flexibility as an essential distribution grid resource in planning, markets, technology, and finance. They include:
- Utilities and grid operators
- Demand-side resource developers and aggregators
- Major tech companies and corporates
- Distributed energy resource technology and software platforms
- Market designers and grid integration stakeholders
- Regulators and policymakers
- Investors and strategic capital managers
Key areas of focus
- The case for grid-edge capacity
- The maturing VPP ecosystem
- Market participation models
- Affordability and grid utilization
- Battery energy storage systems (BESS)
- Bring your own capacity (BYOC) for data center development
Flex Summit 2026 takes place October 14-15 in Austin. We will launch registration soon. Fill out the form to be notified directly and receive a special early bird discount.