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State of the Atlanta and Southeast Market:

The Opportunities and Challenges Ahead At The Southeast Digital Infrastructure Epicenter

David Dunn

David Dunn

COO

H5 Data Centers

Chris Downie

Chris Downie

Managing Partner

Welles Infrastructure Advisors

Bob DeSantis

Bob DeSantis

CEO

365 Data Centers

Lindsey Bruner

Lindsey Bruner

COO

CleanArc Data Centers

Mitchell Fonseca

Mitchell Fonseca

COO

Edged

Jeffrey Moerdler

Jeffrey Moerdler

Partner & Chair, Data Center & Digital Infrastructure

Haynes and Boone

Marshall Sorenson
Moderator

Marshall Sorenson

VP

Metromont

David Dunn

COO

H5 Data Centers

David Dunn is COO of H5 Data Centers. Mr. Dunn has nearly 15 years of experience managing significant growth and delivering outsized returns on investment in the Internet infrastructure space. Mr. Dunn most recently served as vice president at the Zayo Group where he was responsible for managing the wavelength and mobile infrastructure business units. Prior to Zayo, Mr. Dunn was senior vice president at CoreSite where he held leadership roles in mergers & acquisitions, leasing, marketing and strategy. Before joining CoreSite, Mr. Dunn held roles at several private equity firms including The Carlyle Group and J.E. Robert Companies. Mr. Dunn earned a B.S. in Finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Bob DeSantis

CEO

365 Data Centers

Bob DeSantis is an accomplished executive and entrepreneur who has held senior leadership positions in public and private, competitive and regulated companies within the communications, technology, and energy industries. He has been a leader in acquiring, building and growing businesses and arranging for their initial public offerings and other strategic events. Bob’s expertise spans strategy, operations, finance, corporate law, real estate, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to becoming the CEO of 365 Data Centers, Bob was the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Xand, which became the leading, privately owned, data center, managed services and cloud services operator in the Northeast prior to its sale to Tierpoint. His previous technology and communications experience includes serving as President and COO of cloud operator Flexisphere, CFO of DSL.net, a nationwide internet service provider, CFO of Electric Lightwave, a metro and long haul fiber business, Executive Vice President of core optical switch manufacturer Tellium, and CFO of Frontier Communications (f/k/a Citizens Communications) during that company’s transformation from a diversified utility to one of the nation’s largest telecommunications companies. Bob started his career as a Tax Specialist at KPMG and then as a Tax Attorney with GTE Corp. He broadened his professional expertise by serving as President & COO of the Financial Accounting Foundation, the overseer of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), and was named by CPA Magazine as one of the top 100 most influential practitioners. Bob holds both BSE and MS degrees from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School) and a Juris Doctorate degree from Boston College Law School. He is a Certified Public Accountant and member of the Bars of several state and federal courts.

Lindsey Bruner

COO

CleanArc Data Centers

An accomplished executive, Lindsey brings together expertise in project development for both data centers and renewable energy. Lindsey led the advancement of several hundred megawatts of data center pipelines across the US and Europe, and her renewable energy development experience extends to the US, Canada and parts of South America.

Prior to joining CleanArc, Lindsey served as Vice President of Project Development at CyrusOne, a leading global data center developer and operator specializing in delivering state-of-the-art digital infrastructure solutions across the globe. At CyrusOne, she led the global Project Development team and was responsible for the strategy, execution, and delivery of the company’s organic data center development projects. Prior to this role, Lindsey served as CyrusOne’s Senior Corporate Counsel of Real Estate & Construction, working alongside the company’s U.S. and global site selection and construction teams in all aspects of site selection and development. Previously, Lindsey served as Senior Attorney for the Americas division of RES Group, the world’s largest independent renewable energy company, where she represented the organization in various matters related to the development and construction of utility scale renewable energy projects. Lindsey began her career as an attorney in private practice focused on commercial and industrial real estate.

Lindsey holds an AB in English from Duke University, a JD from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, and an Executive MBA from Quantic School of Business and Technology.

Mitchell Fonseca

COO

Edged

Mitch Fonseca leads the global datacenter product management and commercial services teams for Cyxtera, responsible for product pricing and positioning. With over 11 years in IT infrastructure, Fonseca has experience in product management, operations, sales, finance and business development.

Mitch Fonseca leads the global datacenter product management and commercial services teams for Cyxtera, responsible for product pricing and positioning. With over 11 years in IT infrastructure, Fonseca has experience in product management, operations, sales, finance and business development.

Most recently, Fonseca served as Sr Director of Strategy and Operations at General Electric, where he helped develop GE’s long-term datacenter and cloud strategy and headed GE’s datacenter operation teams.

Prior to GE, he joined Digital Realty, through their acquisition of Telx. At Digital Realty, Fonseca served as Director of Global Product Management for Colocation and Services. There he managed Digital Realty’s retail colocation product within North American, Europe and Asia; driving increased profitability to a wholesale datacenter footprint.

Jeffrey Moerdler

Partner & Chair, Data Center & Digital Infrastructure

Haynes and Boone

Jeff Moerdler is chair of the Haynes Boone Data Center and Digital Infrastructure Practice and a real estate partner in the New York office. He has more than 40 years’ experience in general commercial real estate law. Jeff’s real estate practice includes acquisitions, sales, development, leasing, and borrower’s side financing. Jeff also has a particular focus on real estate challenges facing communications, technology and energy companies, and represents property owners and telecom companies in telecom real estate matters, particularly in data center development, acquisitions, sales, leases, colocation agreements and service level agreements. His clients include both large national companies and smaller, local clients, and includes representation of landlords and tenants in all types of leases; counseling owners and developers in the acquisition, sale, joint venture, development, and renovation of property as well as sale-leaseback transactions; advising lenders and borrowers in commercial loans; and the representation of all parties in real estate litigation. He is actively involved in settling real estate, partnership, and inter-family disputes. He also represents many not-for-profit entities and is active in health care, senior living, and educational real estate.

During the past 35 years, Jeff has developed considerable experience in the intersection of real estate with communications, technology, and energy issues. He has extensive experience representing landlords, tenants, developers, and communications service providers in the leasing, purchase, sale, and financing of data centers, colocation facilities, radio and television broadcast antennas, distributed and in-building wireless systems, rooftop antennas, and fiber-optic transactions as well as the wiring of buildings for broadband communications access. Jeff has also negotiated thousands of data center leases, master services agreements, colocation agreements and service level agreements, rooftop and cellular antenna leases, inside wiring agreements, and antenna tower leases throughout the country – covering over 500 million square feet.

He has also devoted a considerable portion of his practice to power and energy issues related to real estate and other technology matters, including large solar and wind installations, battery storage facilities, and bulk power purchases.

Jeff is a frequent speaker on real estate, data center, and telecom topics around the country. He is Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and on the faculty of the Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute. He regularly speaks as a panelist at data center, digital infrastructure and real estate conference around the United States. In addition, he is regularly quoted in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Bisnow, Commercial Property News, Real Estate Weekly, and other publications. He co-authored the first treatise chapter on telecom real law for Powell on Real Property in 1999.

Jeff has previously served in numerous governmental positions, including as a Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, a member of the New York State Banking Board, a member of the New York State Financial Control Board, a member of the Departmental Disciplinary Committee of the Appellate Division of the First Department of the New York State Supreme Court, Assistant to the First Deputy Mayor of the City of New York, and assistant to the Deputy Borough President of the Borough of Manhattan. From 1981 to 1982, Jeff served as a law clerk to the Honorable Charles L. Brieant, US District Judge, and later Chief Judge, for the Southern District of New York.

Jeff is also an emergency medical technician on his local volunteer ambulance and President of his local chapter, as well as having served for 8 years on the Board of Trustees of the umbrella organization which is the largest volunteer ambulance service in the United States.

Marshall Sorenson

Moderator

Metromont

Develops strategies for applications of precast/prestressed concrete building systems in the data center space. Leads the effort to engage technical staff in the design-assist effort of very fast-track projects, at the earliest stages of development. Works with end-users and their agents to create unique designs and unusual applications of precast concrete building systems.

Drives Metromont’s practice of acting as a specialty precast subcontractor in the data center -- and not just the manufacturer of various precast parts and pieces. Metromont can self-perform 100% of the precast concrete work, beginning from structured design-assist engagement, through field erection of "all-precast" buildings.

Leads the activities of Metromont’s VA Sales staff in pursuit of projects primarily in Virginia’s Data Center Alley, but across the U.S. Metromont has the capability of extending its reach beyond this area, on certain projects, where organizational strengths, financial capacity, and past experience -- particularly with regard to mission-critical projects -- are required.

35 years experience in the precast/prestressed concrete industry, including responsibilities for nearly every aspect of the ", get work" and "do work" functions. Directly involved in preconstruction through contract, in 20M SF of all precast data centers.

Marshall is a 7x24 Exchange DC Chapter Board of Directors member and a member of the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA).

More Compute With Greater Efficiency:

How to Optimize Your IT Infrastructure In A Power-Constrained World

Christopher Lettiere

Christopher Lettiere

VP, Data Center Operations

Oracle

Suresh Pichai

Suresh Pichai

Director, Innovation & Development

Equinix

Dave Young

Dave Young

SVP, Operations

DartPoints

Marcus Hassen

Marcus Hassen

VP, Mission Critical Operations & Group Manager

Truist

Dave Meadows

Dave Meadows

Director, Technology

STULZ Air Technology Systems

Mike Herwald
Moderator

Mike Herwald

Manager, North American Sales

Munters Corporation

David Klein

David Klein

Founder & CEO

ChilliRack

Suresh Pichai

Director, Innovation & Development

Equinix

Suresh Pichai is Director, Innovation & Development at Equinix. Suresh’s team works on future technologies for data centers and cost efficiencies through productization and supply chain optimization. He has patents pending and issued in the area of energy efficient data center cooling products and others.

Prior to Equinix, Suresh has worked for Intel and major engineering consulting firms such as CH2MHill and Jacobs Engineering (Sverdrup) in the areas of design, design-build and facilities management. Suresh holds a MS degree from the University of Illinois and is a registered Mechanical Engineer in the state of California.

Dave Young

SVP, Operations

DartPoints

Dave joined DartPoints in 2017 to oversee the data centers’ day-to-day operations, and to provide strategic direction for DartPoints’ engineering, facility management and customer support teams. He is an experienced operations management professional, with previous responsibilities including oversight of shared IT services and maintaining the organization’s strategic plan. Dave holds a bachelor’s degree from Oral Roberts University and an MBA from The University of Texas at Tyler.

Dave Meadows

Director, Technology

STULZ Air Technology Systems

David C. Meadows II has worked in data center cooling since 1999.  He is currently the Director of Technology with STULZ USA, a manufacturer of precision air conditioning, humidification, and dehumidification products specifically designed for the data center.  Previously David has served as both the Design Engineering Manager and the Applications Engineering Manager at Stulz.  David holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.  David is also a graduate of the United States Navy Nuclear Power School.

David Klein

Founder & CEO

ChilliRack

David Klein is the CEO and founder of DHK Storage, Inc, designer and manufacturer of the ChilliRack® and ChilliAire™ data center cooling systems. David currently has 32 patents awarded for the ChilliRack® system in 17 countries. Over the past 27 years working on networks and data centers, he has achieved numerous Cisco, Juniper, and VMware certifications.

Adjusting Design, Engineering and Construction To Today’s Dynamics:

How Are Developers Building Differently and Planning For Future Growth

Kurt Lindorfer

Kurt Lindorfer

Founding Principal

PARADIGM Structural Engineers

Osvaldo (Oz) Morales

Osvaldo (Oz) Morales

Chief Officer, Infrastructure

Denvr Dataworks

Andre Patrick

Andre Patrick

VP, Data Center Practice

Introba

Joel DelliCarpini

Joel DelliCarpini

RLA, Principal

Bohler

Chris Gibbs
Moderator

Chris Gibbs

Director, Marketing

Tindall Corporation

Kurt Lindorfer

Founding Principal

PARADIGM Structural Engineers

Kurt’s professional engineering career spans over 40 years. His expertise includes structural engineering design for Mission Critical Facilities such as Data Centers, Health Care Facilities such as Hospitals and Clinics and Life Sciences Facilities such as Biopharmaceutical Pilot Plants and Production Facilities around the United States and the World. His area of expertise is in designing buildings to be occupable after natural disasters including Tornados, Hurricanes and Earthquakes. He has been the structural engineer of record for conventional “fixed Base Buildings” ranging from 1-23 stories, “Base Isolated Buildings” ranging from 1-5 stories, and the retrofit and new construction of buildings incorporating Fluid Viscous Dampers ranging from 1-22 stories. He has published numerous papers on passive energy dissipation and presented the findings at various conventions in Boston, San Francisco and Milan.

For over 23 years as the Founding Principal at PARADIGM Structural Engineers, Kurt spends most of his time developing new leaders at PARADIGM and mentoring staff in Chicago and San Francisco.

Osvaldo (Oz) Morales

Chief Officer, Infrastructure

Denvr Dataworks

Oz Morales is currently the Chief Officer of Infrastructure at Denvr Dataworks, an AI centric cloud provider. Prior, he was SVP for Infrastructure and Innovation at Digital Realty Trust, the worlds largest colocation provider. He was responsible for Innovation, Infrastructure Development, Cost, New Technologies, and Operations Development. Oz spent 5 years as the CTO/VP for COI at Microsoft. He was responsible for Operations, Engineering, Software tools, Supply Chain, Colocation acquisition, and technical direction for the CO+I team at Microsoft, Oz spent most of his time developing

methodology and focus on AI compute, structured cabling plants and Networking. He was the former Vice President for Data Center Global Services for Amazon Web

Services, responsible for maintaining all the Amazon.com/AWS data centers around the world, he was with AWS/Amazon for 17 years. He worked at MSFT for 5 years and

started his career in MSFT as a Partner Engineer in DCX. Oz has continued to apply new innovations and proven technology to deploy into the data center space and has

developed many innovative project patents for efficiency and cost savings. His patent awards are in the hundreds and range from developing strategies for low-cost distribution

of electrical power for data centers to methods of airflow control and he currently has several other patents pending.

Prior to coming to MSFT, Oz worked as a manager at Enbridge Technology Inc., an oil and pipeline gas industry worldwide based in Canada. Oz led the SCADA team to

automate control and loss prevention of all the company’s hydro-carbon pipeline system (domestic and International).

Oz graduated from University of Alberta with a BSc Eng. in Mechanical Engineering and obtained his MSc in Electrical Engineering from University of Delaware.

Besides building data centers, Oz has a passion for cars and motorcycles. In his spare time, Oz enjoys playing hockey, spending time with his daughter and reading books by

his favorite authors Edgar Allan Poe and Pablo Neruda. He currently has a blog at www.ozmorales.com where he reviews many of the topics and challenges experienced by

the industry.

Andre Patrick

VP, Data Center Practice

Introba

Patrick with over 31 years of domestic and international Data Center experience. He has held key leadership positions orchestrating complex Information Technology solution builds. His passion is delivering application and infrastructure transformations yielding operational efficiencies and cost recuperation. Patrick has been accountable for program development and execution budgets of $17M - $1.45T. His leadership directed matrixed staff, consultants, architects, and multiple EPC contractors. These programs encompassed infrastructure and construction management delivery of $3.4B in data center green and brown field initiatives. Under his leadership high-performing multi-disciplined engineering teams delivered design build and mission critical transformations beyond 4.2GW+ in capacity across the U.S. and EU. These programs aligned engineering teams with strategic technology roadmaps to meet enterprise, colo and hyperscale market needs. Prior to Introba, Patrick has significant experience as business owner, consultant, and contractor delivering mission critical facilities. He has held Data Center leadership positions as Director of Engineering, VP Program Director, VP Director, Enterprise Principal Architect, VP Infrastructure Services, Senior Officer Operations. His experience and client delivery include Airlines, Automotive, Banking, Defense, Financial Services, Enterprise Technology Sector, Education, Energy/Utilities, Health Care, Insurance, Manufacturing, Social media and Retail.

Joel DelliCarpini

RLA, Principal

Bohler

As Principal of Bohler’s Atlanta, GA office, Joel leads a team of site civil engineering professionals helping owners and developers leverage industry change and tackle site challenges to accomplish their land development goals. Joel has designed more than 10 million square feet of space for distribution center and warehouse development throughout Metro Atlanta. Joel has also overseen the design and approval of millions of square feet of data centers across the Southeast. Throughout his 20-year tenure with the firm, Joel’s commitment to mentoring staff, providing exceptional customer service, and building strong business relationships has been instrumental in growing a strong local practice and building momentum in Bohler’s Southeast region.

Joel holds a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Clemson University (Go Tigers!) and resides in Dunwoody with his wife and two children. When he is not in the office he can be found perfecting his backhand serve on the tennis court.

Chris Gibbs

Moderator

Tindall Corporation

Chris Gibbs joined Tindall in 2019 as Business Development Manager to the Georgia Division, where he was responsible for pursuing business opportunities and identifying potential partners that aligned with company goals in the region. He was also a key player in the launch of the Tindall Superior Lightweight All-Purpose Beam™ (T-SLAB) product line.

As Director of Marketing, Gibbs’s corporate leadership role involves planning and administering all marketing efforts across Tindall’s full footprint. He works directly with the Sales Team and General Managers to drive strategic efforts in sales, analytics, and marketing tools.

Gibbs’s early career focused on Architectural and Commercial building material sales, leading him to the construction and marketing industries. He has a background in Sales Management, working with Architectural Polymers, Forterra, and Hanson Brick. He has extensive experience with conventional wall systems and is a brick expert. Gibbs graduated from the Atlanta College of Art, later absorbed by Savannah College of Art and Design, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

Innovations around Designing a Network Architecture for Today’s Dynamic Needs:

How Are Providers and Enterprises Building and Designing their Infrastructure for Current and Future Workloads?

Nabeel Mahmood

Nabeel Mahmood

Co-Founder

Nomad Futurist Foundation

Ron Lev

Ron Lev

Assistant VP, Strategic Planning & GM, Cox Edge

Cox Communications

Brian Chambers

Brian Chambers

Lead Enterprise Architect & Chief Technologist

Chick-fil-A

Dave Comery

Dave Comery

Director, Product Management

Cox Edge

Maria Schwenger

Maria Schwenger

Partner, Cloud Native Build Practice Leader

IBM

Ilissa Miller
Moderator

Ilissa Miller

Founder & CEO

iMiller Public Relations

Nabeel Mahmood

Co-Founder

Nomad Futurist Foundation

Nabeel Mahmood is a Technologist, Futurist and a Keynote Speaker. His career is driven by one question – what’s next? He is passionate about the power of technology to deliver competitive and transformational change and the need to develop digital leadership that will create the enterprise of the future. He believes strongly in simplification, with a purpose. Nabeel brings 18 plus years of experience leading large-scale global technology organizations through seasons of explosive growth via M&A, global expansion, implementing new business models and technology innovation. His expertise includes leading organizations through transformation changes, connecting IT to the needs of the business, technology innovation, Big Data, Cloud, ERP, IoT, Mobility and Data Centers. He brings a unique blend of experiences spanning the entire breadth of technology from Grid to Chip. At, heart he’s a true technologist and futurist, he is a proven strategist, winsome communicator and leader with extraordinary vision and operational expertise within very large, complex organizations. Nabeel is a strategic CIO identifying opportunities that are being underpinned by emerging technologies. He serves on multiple boards and is an advisor to CIOs and CEO across a number of industries.

Ron Lev

Assistant VP, Strategic Planning & GM, Cox Edge

Cox Communications

Ron is an executive with 20 years of international experience in developing, executing, and operating strategic new business projects at best-in-class Telecom and Media companies. Ron is currently the GM of Cox Edge Services and is responsible for developing, incubating, and executing on the company’s Edge/Low Latency strategy, including solution and partnership development, investments, acquisitions, and market trials. Ron also serves as a Member of the Governing Board for the cloud native foundation (CNCF).

Brian Chambers

Lead Enterprise Architect & Chief Technologist

Chick-fil-A

Brian Chambers is the Lead Enterprise Architect and Chief Technologist for Chick-fil-A, Inc., a quick-service restaurant chain with roughly 2200 locations based in Atlanta, GA. Brian’s team identifies strategic and differentiating technology opportunities, develops platforms and capabilities, and stewards them to maturity. Some recent examples include Chick-fil-A’s Cloud, API, and Internet of Things (IoT) strategy/platform. Outside of the office, Brian is an avid mountain biker and lover of all things outdoors.

Dave Comery

Director, Product Management

Cox Edge

Dave brings 25 years of industry experience within the service provider and edge spaces. His past roles span many disciplines, including Product management, Customer Solutions, Engineering Management, and SW & HW Development at companies such as Cisco, Ericsson and Akamai. Since joining Cox in 2020 and launching Cox Edge as a new business, Dave has been applying both his business and technology acumen to understand customer problems and to build innovative edge offerings.

Ilissa Miller

Moderator

iMiller Public Relations

As founder and CEO of iMiller Public Relations (iMPR), Ilissa Miller brings nearly two decades of experience in sales, marketing and product development to her clients in an effort to help them differentiate their messages and achieve notoriety within an ever expanding and evolving industry. With a wealth of experience and knowledge in the emerging global telecommunications and technology industries, her extensive expertise and practical skill set have allowed her to implement and spearhead and launch many companies as well as global product and marketing campaigns including that of international private line and networks, IP transit, peering, IPVPN, hosted PBX, cloud computing, Ethernet, managed services, colocation and data center products and solutions. She is a recognized leader in the global telecom and technology space where her knowledge and insights provide strategic guidance that enhance performance resulting in a remarkable reputation for effectiveness and client satisfaction.

Investing In Digital Infrastructure:

How Are Investors Looking At Data Centers Other Digital Infrastructure Assets in 2023? Has The Narrative Changed?

Madison Williams

Madison Williams

Executive VP, Finance

QTS

Andrew Kirby

Andrew Kirby

Partner, Infrastructure

Apollo Global Management

Irtiaz Ahmad

Irtiaz Ahmad

Managing Director, Digital Infrastructure & Services

Solomon Partners

Daniel English

Daniel English

Managing Partner

Legacy Investing

Jeff Ferry

Jeff Ferry

Board Member & Investor

Elea Digital

Karlton Holston

Karlton Holston

EVP, Digital Infrastructure

Landmark Dividend

John Regan

John Regan

Chief Investment Officer

Carter Funds

Brian Tormey
Moderator

Brian Tormey

President

TitleVest

Andrew Kirby

Partner, Infrastructure

Apollo Global Management

Andrew Kirby is Partner in the Infrastructure Group at Apollo, where he is responsible for sourcing, executing and managing infrastructure investments with a focus on the communications and transportation segments. Prior to joining Apollo in 2020, Andrew was Principal at AMP Capital and served on the board of directors of Everstream, Expedient and Millennium Garages. Previously, he worked in Mergers & Acquisitions at Rothschild & Co. in New York and London.

Andrew graduated cum laude from Georgetown University with a BS in Finance and International Business.

Irtiaz Ahmad

Managing Director, Digital Infrastructure & Services

Solomon Partners

Irtiaz Ahmad has 15 years of experience in the Digital Infrastructure & Services sector as an advisor, investor, lender and operator. Irtiaz’s broad spectrum of investment banking experience throughout his career spans across strategic advisory assignments, including advising on sell-side and buy-side mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, minority investments, private placements, fairness opinions, valuations and restructurings as well as capital market solutions, including securitizations, leveraged finance, investment grade debt, ratings advisory, SPACs, IPOs, equity follow-ons, convertibles, hedging strategies and cash management. Over the course of his career, Irtiaz has been actively involved in more than $200 billion of advisory and financing transactions across the Americas, Western Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.

Notable strategic advisory transactions include advising Archer Datacenters on its joint venture partnership with Evoque (a portfolio company of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners) and concurrent $200 million equity capital commitment to expand its Nashville data center campus, Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR) on its $3.5 billion acquisition of Teraco Data Environments, Strategic Capital Fund Management on its initial public offering of a next generation digital infrastructure and mobility sector focused SPAC vehicle Pegasus Digital Mobility Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: PGSS), Strategic Capital Fund Management on its formation of a $1.5 billion data center investment platform (d/b/a Strategic Datasphere), Global Switch on its contemplated initial public offering and various strategic & capital structure alternatives, Compass Datacenters on its $720 million privately-placed securitized capital raise, Cologix on its $500 million investment from Mubadala Investment Company, the sale of Netrality Data Centers to Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets (MIRA), Berkshire Partners on its acquisition of Teraco Data Environments, StackPath on its Series B investment from Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) and Cox Communications, Cologix on its acquisition of COLO-D, Brookfield Infrastructure on its acquisition of AT&T’s colocation business (d/b/a Evoque Data Center Solutions), Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) on its $1.3 billion acquisition of IO’s U.S. data center business, Datapipe on its sale to Rackspace, Cologix on its sale to Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, Apollo Global Management on its take-private acquisition of Rackspace (NYSE: RAX), Telx on its sale to Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR), TelecityGroup (LSE: TCY) on its £2.7 billion sale to Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX), TelecityGroup (LSE: TCY) on its £3.0 billion terminated merger with Interxion ((NYSE: INXN), Zayo Group (NYSE: ZAYO) on its $675 million acquisition of Latisys, certain shareholders of Adelphia Communications on bankruptcy-litigation related valuation assessment, FiberGate on its sale to Zayo Group, Vision Communications on its sale to EATEL, Smith Media on the sale of its broadcast TV stations to several parties, Alpheus Communications on its sale to The Gores Group, Triad Broadcasting on its sale to L&L Broadcasting, AdJuggler on its sale to Zenovia Digital Exchange, Schurz Communications on its acquisition of Orbitel Communications and Avaya on its $915 million acquisition of Nortel’s Enterprise Solutions business.

Prior to joining Solomon Partners, Irtiaz worked in Barclays’ Global Technology, Media & Telecommunications Investment Banking group, most recently as a Director leading coverage of the global data center sector. He also worked for Waller Capital Partners, formally a leading TMT-focused merchant bank based in New York, where he executed more than a dozen transactions in the Digital Infrastructure industry, primarily focused on the cable, fiber, data center and broadcast sectors. Irtiaz was previously a member of Citigroup’s Corporate & Investment Banking division in its New York office, focused on executing advisory, restructuring and financing transactions, primarily in the Digital Infrastructure and Technology sectors. He began his career in investment banking at Bear, Stearns & Co. in its TMT group.

Daniel English

Managing Partner

Legacy Investing

Daniel English is the President and Co-Founder of Legacy Investing, an investment firm focused on technology impacted real estate. Legacy has completed >$3B in transactions across 19M SF in data centers, e-commerce industrial assets, and life science buildings. Prior to co-founding Legacy Investing, Daniel was a tech start-up executive with leadership roles across M&A, corporate development, strategy, and product management. Daniel studied engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and Economics and Finance at Emory University.

John Regan

Chief Investment Officer

Carter Funds

John Regan serves as the Chief Investment Officer and has been in the technology and facilities infrastructure space for over three decades. In his most recent role as SVP of Acquisitions and CTO for Landmark Dividend, he executed on over a $1 billion in Digital Infrastructure acquisitions.

Prior to Landmark, Mr. Regan worked with Carter Validus (CV) Advisors where he was instrumental in the development and execution of the CV Mission Critical REIT I & II data center platforms from inception. Mr. Regan made CV’s first acquisition in July 2011. By October 2017, pipeline development and management led to closing of over 50 deals, amassing $2 billion of data center assets totaling more than 4.5 million square feet. Mr. Regan is a data center industry leader frequently speaking and moderating at conferences across the U.S. having a number of articles published by and about him.

Mr. Regan’s experience spans over 35 years within information technology, facilities infrastructure, business development, sales and acquisitions serving in various leadership positions while also providing advisory services and consulting for multiple startups. Mr. Regan served in leadership positions for 18 years with PWC, LLP as National Director of Data Center Services, National Director of Network Services, and Director of Infrastructure Delivery.

In these roles, Mr. Regan led technology and facilities infrastructure engineers and project managers through the execution of more than 26 million square feet of real estate projects spanning renovations, restacks, retrofits, consolidations, new builds and the merger of technology and facility infrastructure of Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse.

Mr. Regan achieved recognition by ComputerWorld for PWC as the number one Green IT organization worldwide in 2010 after the completion of a state-of-the-art Tier III LEED Gold-certified data center and driving other conservation practices organizationally. Mr. Regan is also an expert in BCDR having developed and executed a multi-tiered program creating PWC’s firm-wide Disaster Recovery program.

Mr. Regan has a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from St. Leo University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. Mr. Regan holds several certifications in the infrastructure space having achieved Accredited Tier Specialist (ATS), Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) credentials. He holds multiple certifications and various systems designations through Digital Equipment Corporation, Research Triangle Institute, and NCSU.

Brian Tormey

Moderator

TitleVest

As President for TitleVest and New York State Manager for First American Title, Brian is

involved in strategic planning, execution, and oversight of operational projects, business

development, as well as technology creation and deployment. Brian handles client inquiries and

provides subject-matter expertise for complex transactions such as, sale-leasebacks,

development right transfers, 1031's, defeasance, multi-site/multi-state portfolios, and other

residential and commercial matters. With over twenty years of experience in real estate and title

insurance Brian has leveraged his knowledge to develop the cutting-edge technology and

business practices behind the critically-acclaimed TitleVest proprietary systems. During his 20-

year tenure with TitleVest, he has helped to structure and/or oversee the closing of over fifty

billion in real estate transactions for leading lenders, investment banks, developers, REITs, and

other real estate investors throughout the United States. Under his leadership TitleVest has

been awarded Best Title Agency ten years running in the New York Law Journal and also Best

Title Company the past two years in the National Law Journal.

Why You Can't Miss This Atlanta Data Center Event

What You'll Learn From Data Center Owners, Developers & Tenants:

  • Will Atlanta continue growing to remain the digital infrastructure epicenter of the Southeast?

  • How does Atlanta compare to the other southeastern states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee)?

  • With large lease signings taking up more absorption, will Atlanta start to face similar challenges to Northern Virginia?

  • What are Atlanta's land and power availability compared to other Southeast markets and the rest of the country?

  • How are design, construction, and development trends changing given supply chain and cost constraints?

  • How are load capacities changing the design of data centers? What loads to buildings need to hold today?

  • What is the investment landscape today compared to 2022? How have investment strategies changed, if at all?

How You'll Do More Business From Attending This Conference:

Dive into the trends driving interest in the Atlanta and Southeast market, learn where the opportunities are, and how to leverage them to be well-positioned to make the best business decisions and grow your network. 

Who You’ll Network With:

Owners, providers, brokers, contractors, director of operations, director of operations, CIOs, investors, engineers, lawyers, CEOs, vice president of design and construction 

Are you an end user*?

Click here to be considered for a complimentary pass. *Hyperscaler, colocation provider (non-sales), investor, private equity, or enterprise tenant.

For questions, group ticket rates or interest in becoming a speaker or sponsor, please email our DICE Global Director, Adam Knobloch, adam.knobloch@bisnow.com

Venue

The Westin Peachtree Plaza
210 Peachtree Street Northwest
Atlanta, GA 30303

Ballroom: 8th Floor Terrace and Peachtree Ballroom


Self-Park: $25
Valet: $55 (with IN/OUT privileges)

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Agenda

Time Activity
1:00 PM
1:55 PM
Registration, Breakfast and Networking
1:55 PM
2:00 PM
Opening Remarks: Welcome back to DICE Southeast 2023
2:00 PM
2:45 PM
State of the Atlanta and Southeast Market: The Opportunities and Challenges Ahead At The Southeast Digital Infrastructure Epicenter

With the Atlanta data center market booming in 2021 and 2022, the city is quickly climbing up the ranks as the region’s data center footprint is set to more than double. Given several advantages, including the low cost of land and power, tax incentives and access to talent, hyperscalers have been primarily interested in building a presence in Atlanta and the surrounding areas. Just how much growth is anticipated for 2023? Should we expect growing pains in the near future or are providers setup for success?

2:45 PM
3:25 PM
More Compute With Greater Efficiency: How to Optimize Your IT Infrastructure In A Power-Constrained World

Given today’s increasing demand in digital infrastructure coupled with power limitations and supply chain disruptions, how are operators optimizing their current infrastructure and designs to further enhance cooling, energy usage and power densities? What is working and what is not?

3:25 PM
3:40 PM
Mintz Levin Presentation
3:40 PM
4:40 PM
Networking Lunch
4:40 PM
5:25 PM
Adjusting Design, Engineering and Construction To Today’s Dynamics: How Are Developers Building Differently and Planning For Future Growth

With developers trying to keep up with demand, while also trying to circumnavigate land constraints, supply chain delays and sustainability practices, the build phase is looking different than it used to pre-pandemic. How are aspects of design, engineering and construction changing in the Southeast? How are load capacities changing the final product?

5:25 PM
5:40 PM
Coffee Break
5:40 PM
6:20 PM
Innovations around Designing a Network Architecture for Today’s Dynamic Needs: How Are Providers and Enterprises Building and Designing their Infrastructure for Current and Future Workloads?

Today's enterprise needs are dynamic and complex, so how are these enterprises and providers building and designing their infrastructure for current and future workloads? What's changing?

6:20 PM
7:00 PM
Investing In Digital Infrastructure: How Are Investors Looking At Data Centers Other Digital Infrastructure Assets in 2023? Has The Narrative Changed?

Despite the uncertainty capital markets experienced in 2022, the narrative around digital infrastructure as an asset class among investors remained strong. As we begin a new year with less interest rate hikes, how have strategies changed, if at all?

7:00 PM
7:30 PM
Post-Event Networking

Relevant Industry News and Developments