The infrastructure race defining the next decade of the global economy is already underway. The question is not whether AI and data center infrastructure will reshape American competitiveness. It is which states, cities, and institutions will be positioned to lead it — and which ones will watch it happen somewhere else.
On June 11, FountainHead RI brings together the people building the answer.
The Intelligence Economy Summit is a national, cross-state convening focused on the policy, capital, power, and siting decisions that will determine where AI infrastructure gets built over the next ten years. Hosted at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, this is not a regional conversation. It is a working summit designed for state officials, infrastructure developers, utilities, institutional investors, and enterprise leaders who are actively shaping this market across multiple states and geographies.
What to Expect
Opening remarks from Rhode Island Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor, Faraday Future Executive Chairman Jerry Wang, and Rhode Island Commissioner of Postsecondary Education Shannon Gilkey will set the stage for two substantive panel conversations.
Panel 1: From Policy to Power — How Institutions Are Betting on AI Infrastructure brings together leaders from Amazon, Barclays, and Alvarez & Marsal to examine how the largest institutions in the world are making real capital and siting decisions in this environment — and what they need from states, utilities, and regulators to move faster.
Panel 2: Competing to Win — What States and Companies Must Do to Lead the AI Infrastructure Race, moderated by AlixPartners’ Head of Americas for Digital Infrastructure, unpacks the operational and strategic imperatives for the institutions and jurisdictions that want to be on the right side of this build-out. Panelists from Schneider Electric, 5×5, and yconic will bring perspectives spanning energy infrastructure, enterprise AI deployment, and the policy frameworks that determine who wins.
Why Rhode Island. Why Now.
Rhode Island is not hosting this conversation by accident. The state has spent the past two years assembling the infrastructure, institutional relationships, and policy tools to compete at the highest level of the AI economy — from Quonset Business Park’s pad-ready industrial land and deep-water port access, to a university research ecosystem anchored by Brown and URI, to an incentive stack that includes Opportunity Zone structuring, Rebuild RI Tax Credits, and Qualified Jobs Tax Credits designed for capital-intensive projects. The Intelligence Economy Summit is the moment that story meets the national audience it deserves.
Sponsors and participants include Rhode Island Commerce, Schneider Electric, Alvarez & Marsal, Barclays, Amazon, AlixPartners, the Mericka Group, Lydonia, CVT, Colossal, and others.
Attendance is limited. If you are shaping where AI infrastructure gets built, this room is for you.
Thursday, June 11 | 5:00 PM — 8:30 PM Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI Registration and event details: https://luma.com/p9k1admj
