About this episode

The episode explores CIP's investment strategies and the evolving landscape of energy infrastructure.

In June 2026, Gerard and Laurent recorded a live episode at DLA Piper ’s Charging Up Capital 2026 Global Energy and Digital Investments Forum with Rowan Parkhouse , Managing Director at Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). CIP has emerged as one of the world's leading specialist energy transition investors, ranking among the top infrastructure fund managers globally by both assets under management and fundraising. So, what is CIP’s Playbook? We explore how infrastructure investing has evolved over the past five years—what has become easier, what has become harder, and where the biggest opportunities now lie. The conversation covers data centres, batteries, grids, transmission, renewables, EVs, independent power producers, and CIP's relationship with Ørsted. We also discuss some of the most important questions shaping energy infrastructure today: the impact of AI-driven power demand, whether grid constraints have become a bigger bottleneck than generation, the changing political priorities around energy security and competitiveness, the rationale behind CIP's acquisition of Ørsted's European onshore business, and the future of energy storage. A fascinating deep dive into how…

People in this episode

Hosts: Laurent Segalen, Gerard Reid

Guest: Rowan Parkhouse

Topics covered

• energy transition
• infrastructure investing
• data centres
• renewables
• energy storage
• political priorities
• AI-driven power demand

Keywords

• CIP
• infrastructure
• energy transition
• batteries
• grids
• EVs
• power demand
• energy security
• Ørsted
• energy storage

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, DLA Piper, Ørsted

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