Speakers
Bill Thomas, SVP of Energy , CleanArc Centers
Bill Thomas is Senior Vice President of Energy and Power Contracting at CleanArc Data Centers. An accomplished renewable energy executive, Bill has held leadership positions in energy trading and project origination at the world’s largest renewable energy developers.
Prior to joining CleanArc, Bill concentrated on wholesale energy trading as Vice President of Energy Marketing at RWE Renewables Americas. He also served as Chief Commercial Officer at LevelTen Energy, where he led efforts to aggregate corporate and institutional (“C&I”) demand and syndicate renewable energy solutions for all classes of C&I buyers. Previously, Bill served as Director of Global Commercial & Industrial Origination at First Solar. Prior to First Solar, Bill was Vice President of Development and Energy Marketing at E.ON Climate & Renewables Solar PV and led the company’s utility-scale solar development and commercial contracting efforts in North America. Before entering the renewable energy industry, Bill was a Senior Energy Trader at Xcel Energy. Bill began his career at AIG, where he was a foreign currency and interest rate derivatives trader.
At CleanArc, Bill is responsible for delivering comprehensive energy solutions CleanArc TrueAdditionality. His team sources and structures renewable energy products for CleanArc’s hyperscale data centers. Bill holds a BS in Geology from the University of Colorado-Boulder and an MS in Hydrogeology from Dartmouth College.