Powering the Digital Future: Broadband Breakfast Summit Captured in Photos
The photo gallery captures not just the presentations, but the engaging conversations and networking at the event.
WASHINGTON, April 1, 2025 – Last Thursday's Broadband Breakfast summit on "Data Centers, Nuclear Power and Broadband" brought together the brightest minds in industry, policy, and energy to tackle America's power challenge – and the photo gallery captures not just the presentations, but the engaging conversations and networking that made this event truly special.
Event Highlights & Photo Gallery
Our photo gallery will take you behind the scenes of each session, showing the dynamic interactions that don't make it into the articles.
Rep. Randy Weber: Nuclear Power as the Data Center Solution
Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas) made a compelling case for nuclear energy as the solution to data centers' growing power demands, citing Department of Energy projections that electricity use by data centers could triple by 2028.
Jake Neenan
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann: Small Modular Reactors for On-Site Power
The "Nuclear Congressman" Rep. Chuck Fleischmann made his passionate case for small modular reactors and the interactions with industry representatives that followed his speech.
Jericho Casper
Christopher Guith: Manufacturing's Overlooked Role in Energy Demand
Chamber of Commerce's Christopher Guith argued that manufacturing, not data centers, is the primary driver behind surging energy demand.
Clara Easterday
Panel 1: Permitting Reform Takes Center Stage
During the lively panel discussion moderated by Axios's Daniel Moore, Idaho National Laboratory's Brian Smith, Boundary Stone's Fatima Maria Ahmad, Google's Ewelina Czapla, WBK's Stephen Snyder, and INCOMPAS Chip Pickering debated permitting challenges, plus the networking break that followed.
Jericho Casper
Panel 2: Confronting the "Choke Points"
X-energy's Carol Lane, ITER's Laban Coblentz, Virginia Department of Energy's Julianne Szyper and former head of the USDA's Rural Utility Service Andy Berke identified key bottlenecks in America's energy future, with Drew Clark moderating the panel.
Jericho Casper
Panel 3: Building Internet Exchanges Across America
Network Technologies Global's Ron da Silva, NTT's David Jeppsen, IXP pioneer Hunter Newby, Arelion's Art Kazmiercza discussed rural connectivity, highlighting the fourteen states currently lacking Internet Exchange Points, moderated by Connected Naton's Brent Legg.
Jake Neenan
Networking Moments: Where Connections Were Made
Some of the summit's most valuable exchanges happened away from the podium:
Our photographer captured the energy and engagement during breaks, lunch, and before and after the formal program
Access the Full Event
Whether you are a long-standing member of the Broadband Breakfast Club, or joined as part of your in-person registration (3 months' access), or signing up for the webinar (1 month access), you have UNLIMITED ACCESS to the videos of Data Centers, Nuclear Power and Broadband Summit. These recordings capture not just the presentations but also the dynamic Q&A sessions that made this event a crucial touchpoint for understanding the infrastructure challenges of the AI era.
