New Project Media (NPM) Interconnections

NPM Interconnections (US) – Episode 215: Alfred Johnson & James Wright | Crux

In this episode, Crux CEO Alfred Johnson and newly appointed Head of Industry Coverage and Advisory James Wright speak with Heerea Rikhraj to review Crux’s 2026 Midyear R

NPM Interconnections (US) – Episode 214: Hans Royal | RP Energy

In this episode, Kyle Younker sits down with Hans Royal, founder of RP Energy and creator of the Compute Heat Rate (CHR), a new metric that measures the economic value AI

NPM Interconnections (EUR) – Episode 213: Dominic Ward | Verne

On this week’s episode, we sit down Dominic Ward, CEO of Verne, an Ardian-backed UK-headquartered data centre developer specialising in colocation designs and infrastruct

NPM Interconnections (US) – Episode 212: Sven Hodges & John Tormey | Mayer Brown

Sven Hodges and John Tormey, partners in the law firm of Mayer Brown join the NPM podcast this week to discuss the obstacles and solutions to re-igniting the nuclear indu

NPM Interconnections (EUR) – Episode 211: Rafael Frias III | Black & Veatch

Black & Veatch’s Rafael Frias III, Managing Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa, joins the show this week to share his experiences of navigating grid bottlenecks, en

NPM Interconnections (US) – Episode 210: Michael Albrecht | GCM Grosvenor

Michael Albrecht, managing director of GCM Grosvenor, joins the podcast today to discuss ongoing trends in infrastructure fund investing today, with a focus on the obstac

NPM Interconnections (EUR) – Episode 209: Edgar van Essen | Switch Datacenters

On this episode, we sit down with Edgar van Essen, managing director of Switch Datacenters, an Amsterdam-headquartered data centre business with more than 18 years of exp

NPM Interconnections (US) – Episode 208: John Belizaire | Soluna

On this week's episode, Soluna CEO John Belizaire joins Andrew Burnes to discuss the firm's unique approach to renewable-powered data centers. Belizaire goes i

NPM Interconnections (US) – Episode 207: Don Dimitrievich | Nuveen

In this episode, Don Dimitrievich, Portfolio Manager and Global Head of Infrastructure Credit at Nuveen sits down with Jon Berke and Heerea Rikhraj to discuss how private

NPM Interconnections (US) – Episode 206: Bryan Clark & Jared Berg | Bracewell LLP (Part II)

In this follow-up episode, Bracewell attorneys Jared Berg and Bryan Clark rejoin NPM's Heerea Rikhraj to discuss how Texas’ data center interconnection process has b

NPM Interconnections (US) – Episode 205: Bryan Clark & Jared Berg | Bracewell LLP (Part I)

In this episode, Bracewell partners Bryan Clark and Jared Berg join NPM’s Heerea Rikhraj to discuss ERCOT’s new Batch Zero large load interconnection process and its impl

NPM Interconnections (US) – Episode 204: Mike Mohamed | Solomon Partners

In this episode, Michael Mohamed, Director of Energy Transition at Solomon Partners, speaks with Heerea Rikhraj about the resurgence of renewable energy and infrastructur

NPM Interconnections (EUR) – Episode 203: Christina Mertens | VIRTUS Data Centres

On this episode, VIRTUS Data Centres' managing director for Europe, Christina Mertens, joins Madeline Sherratt to discuss the company's ambitious Europe expansi

NPM Interconnections (US) – Episode 202: Richard Lu | PowerBank

On this episode, PowerBank CEO Richard Lu joins NPM Reporter Skyler Frazer to discuss the company's growth in energy storage and data centers. The company has been r

NPM Interconnections (US) – Episode 201: Marc Palmer | Conductor Solar

On this episode, Conductor Solar founder and CEO, Marc Palmer, joins Michelle France to discuss why the DG landscape has shifted to a buyer's market and details what

NPM Interconnections (US) – Episode 200: Samuel Kuhlwein | Stem

Samuel Kuhlwein, Director of Product and EMS, for Stem, joins the podcast this week to discuss the company’s recent marketing agreement with Nuvation Energy and how it pr

NPM Interconnections (EUR) – Episode 199: Michal Swol | R.Power Renewables

R.Power Renewables CIO Michal Swol joins NPM Europe Managing Editor Peter Kneller on the pod this week to discuss how to get Polish BESS projects financed and how operati

NPM Interconnections (EUR) – Episode 198: Neo Cloud & AI Factories | PANEL

This week’s episode is the full recording of a panel discussion titled “Neo Cloud & AI Factories,” held at the DataCentre Live London Summit on May 21, 2026. Speakers in

NPM Interconnections (US) – Episode 197: Ammad Waheed | Norton Rose Fulbright

On this episode, Norton Rose Fulbright’s Ammad Waheed joins Kyle Younker to discuss why “powered land” now defines data center strategy. He explores its spectrum, valuati

NPM Interconnections (EUR) – Episode 196: Philipp Man | terralayr

terralayr CEO Philipp Man joins NPM to discuss the evolution of the company’s virtualised battery storage model and the rapidly changing dynamics of the German BESS marke