The Consortium brings together public, private, and community stakeholders to share knowledge, build trust, and advance coordinated, practical policy approaches for large energy-load land uses such as data centers and associated infrastructure across the Truckee Meadows and neighboring jurisdictions, including rural communities, recognizing their scale, complexity, and long-term community impacts.
Save the Date: Join the Truckee Meadows Data Center Policy Consortium for its next in-person regional convening on Friday, March 6, 2026, at the University of Nevada, Reno. Stakeholders across industry, government, planning, and the community will come together to advance alignment on data center development and responsible regional approaches.
→ Pre-register here and share topic suggestions here.
Working Groups & Next Steps
The next phase focuses on forming four volunteer working groups - Engagement, Built Environment, Natural Resources, and Economics - that will meet virtually through the the year. These cross-sector led groups will help shape recommendations for local and regional stakeholders, including elected officials, agency staff, private-sector partners, and the public.
If you’d like to get involved or stay informed, please sign up and register for the next virtual working group update on Monday, Jan. 26th from 12-1PM.
And if you have feedback at any point in the process, you’re invited to share it anytime using this form.
Upcoming Events
The events below are opportunities to learn, engage, and connect with Consortium participants and broader stakeholders who are active in discussions about data centers in Nevada. While the Consortium does not host or sponsor all of these events, they are shared for awareness and engagement for anyone interested in the topic.
Spring 2026
January
- 1/12 - Our Energy Future: Community Power & Rural Resilience
- 1/21 - Accelerating Building Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Nevada Climate Forum); 2-3PM
- 1/26 - Consortium Working Group Virtual Update; 12-1PM
- 1/28 - Data Center Literacy Training Sign-Up (Virtual and at The Radical Cat - 6:30PM)
February
- 2/3 - 2/5 - 2026 NWRA Annual Conference | Register | Program PDF
- 2/3: Panel - Data Centers and Water 1: When AI Comes to Town: Water Use and Community Change
- 2/5: Panel - Data Centers and Water 2: Data in the Desert
- 2/4 - 2/18 - Policy Priorities Forums | About the Kenny Guinn Center
March
- 3/6 -9AM - 1PM. Pre-Register | Share Topic Suggestions
- 3/16 -Silver Knolls Community Assoc.; Presentation6:30 PM; Red Rock Fire Station
- 3/25 -9AM | In-person in Carson City | Streamed Online in Las VegasTopics may include growth, infrastructure, and related emerging land uses such as data centers (agenda forthcoming).
Past Events - Fall 2025
- October 1st - Truckee Meadows Data Center Policy Consortium Launch - UNR Innevation Center
- October 2nd - Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce Energy Economy Summit
- October 16th - NAIOP Data Center Forum
- October 23rd - 53rd Annual Nevada State Planning Conference
- December 10th - Data Centers in Nevada: Understanding and Shaping the Impacts (Zoom Webinar Link - hosted by the Nevada Climate Forum)
- December 11th - Policy Consortium Working Groups Kickoff (Virtual Only: 12-1PM - Register for Meeting)
As additional events are scheduled or announced, they will be shared here.
Stay Connected
Consortium Core Team
The Consortium’s core team serves as its founding partners and active facilitators - convening stakeholders, supporting working groups, and keeping the mission moving forward through open, community-centered collaboration.
Manny Becerra, Founding Steward and Independent Policy Convener
Manny Becerra is a civic-minded technologist and public servant focused on innovation, sustainability, and smart growth across Northern Nevada. He leads the Consortium’s stewardship and cross-sector, regional collaboration to advance practical, innovation-friendly, community-responsible policy frameworks informed by stakeholders. A systems thinker, Manny led high-performing teams and deepened his professional craft at Tesla, shaping global user experiences, developer relations, design systems, and community partnerships while bridging industry, workforce, and education. He serves as a Planning Commissioner for the City of Reno, advising the City Council on long-term physical development, including land use, zoning, housing, natural resources, and economic considerations, and helping provide a public forum for thoughtful review of major development projects shaping the region’s future.
Dr. Kerry D. Rohrmeier, AICP, Energy and Climate Lead
Dr. Kerry D. Rohrmeier, AICP, is a climate and energy strategist and certified land use planner. Definitely a geographer long before earning her doctoral degree from the University of Nevada, Reno, Kerry spent much of her career working in land use planning and policy and spent nearly two decades as an academic and practitioner. Kerry enjoys helping rural communities through the clean energy transition even though she lives in a metro where she serves as Planning Commissioner to the City of Reno and to the Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency.
Olivia Tanager, Environmental Policy and Advocate Lead
Olivia Tanager is the Executive Director of the Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter, which is the largest grassroots environmental organization in Nevada. Before assuming this role in March of 2024, Olivia led environmental justice organizing and policy campaigns in Nevada for progressive organizations. Olivia holds degrees in environmental science and geology and a master of public policy where she focused on energy and climate issues. Olivia has been a leading voice on data center accountability in the West.