FTI Consulting’s Power, Renewables & Energy Transition (PRET) practice is the trusted advisor to the power and data center industry, helping operators, investors, lenders, and new market entrants navigate complexity and unlock long-term value.
As the sector faces record expansion, power constraints, evolving regulations, and growing demands for firm capacity, sustainability, and efficiency, PRET delivers strategic insight, financial clarity, and execution excellence. Our team combines deep expertise in energy transition and digital infrastructure to provide actionable solutions across the full lifecycle of power and data center development and operations.
Our team provides a full suite of cutting-edge advisory services designed to address the industry’s most pressing challenges and catalyze transformative growth. We bring deep experience across the full lifecycle of power and data center development and operations, from early-stage strategy to performance improvement and restructuring.
PRET’s data center offerings span:
- Power Solutions: Strategic advisory to advance key development milestones and secure reliable power solutions, grid-connected or behind-the-meter (BTM)
- FTI Capital Advisors: Investment banking services for capital raise and transactions.
- Strategy: Market entry, expansion planning, and competitive positioning.
- Transactions: Due diligence (construction, operation, commercial, financial), valuation, and capital markets advisory.
- Carve-outs & M&A: Buy- and sell-side diligence, deal structuring, and integration support.
- Business Transformation & Performance Improvement: Operational optimization, cost reduction, and digital enablement.
- Turnaround & Restructuring: Stakeholder management, liquidity analysis, and strategic repositioning.
Our cross-disciplinary team of seasoned experts brings deep domain expertise in both Energy Transition and Digital Infrastructure, ensuring our clients receive tailored, actionable insights. With our commercial, financial, and operational capabilities, PRET supports confident decision-making and delivers results at every stage of the energy and digital infrastructures lifecycle.
FTI Consulting’s Integrated and Cross-Functional Approach in Energy and Digital Infrastructure
A sample of the breadth of our service offerings in the Data Center space is represented by the following:
- Advisor to a Hyperscaler in quantifying and managing energy-spending at-risk and long-term power purchase strategy
- Advisor on utility interconnection process and advancing key development milestones for a 1 GW greenfield development in the U.S.
- Market Assessment and Strategy for Distributed Generation (DG) and BTM generation for a large Independent Power Producer (IPP)
- Financial Model Development and Business Model Assessment for an integrated and collocated BTM power solutions for a greenfield Data Center
- Due Diligence on a data center in Illinois for a Private Equity investor
- Due Diligence for seven data centers in the Middle East for a Private Equity investor
- Advisory for a large IPP related to the data center strategy across over 80 sites in North America