EWTC President Molly Determan joined energy leaders from Dow, Equinix, EDP, and Murphy Oil Corporation for a Reuters panel discussion, Scaling AI in Energy: A Strategic Roadmap for Enterprise-Wide Transformation.
Hosted as part of the lead-up to Reuters Energy Live 2025, the conversation explored how companies are moving from experimentation to execution, deploying AI in ways that enhance reliability, efficiency, and decision-making across the energy value chain.
Panelists agreed that success starts with a strong foundation: clear business goals, reliable data, and alignment between IT and field operations.
“Enterprise architecture is an insurance policy for intelligent growth,” said Pankaj Singh, Head of Enterprise Architecture at Murphy Oil Corporation. “Without it, innovation becomes fragmented and expensive.”
Amanda Ahrens, Digital Operations Center Data & AI Leader at Dow, emphasized the importance of connecting top-down strategy with bottom-up adoption. “If the people on the plant floor don’t trust or understand the tools, even the best-designed systems won’t scale,” she said.
The discussion also underscored the role of people in AI success. Companies that invest early in training, change management, and communication are better positioned to gain employee trust and accelerate adoption.
“It always comes back to why,” said Determan. “Whether in leadership or in technology, organizations that stay anchored in their purpose turn innovation into real results.”
As AI becomes increasingly integrated into energy operations, conversations like these help clarify what success looks like in practice by connecting strategy, data, and people to drive meaningful transformation.
Reuters Energy Live 2025 will take place December 9–10 in Houston, bringing together leaders from across the energy and data center ecosystem.
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