Bill Kleyman, Data Center World program chair and CEO of Apolo.us, set the tone early, framing the event as a response to a tectonic industry shift. This is one of the country’s key hubs for data center power innovation.”The Scale of Texas’ Data Center BoomHard numbers – and the economics behind them – dominated many sessions. From left: ERCOT COO Woody Rickerson, Compass Datacenters CEO Chris Crosby, and Data Center World program chair Bill Kleyman. Related:Power Availability Now Drives Data Center Site SelectionRickerson described Texas’ grid as preconditioned to change. Texas as a BlueprintFor executives in the room, the implications of the Texas discussions at Data Center World Power were both operational and strategic.