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What is the Bisnow DICE Series?
DICE (Data Centers Investment Conference & Expo) is Bisnow's dedicated conference series for the data center industry. Each event convenes the developers, investors, operators and infrastructure providers actively shaping data center growth in that market, with programming built around the deals, challenges and opportunities specific to the region or topic. View all upcoming DICE events here!
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Hyperscalers, colocation providers (non-sales), investors, private equity, or enterprise tenants - email Virginia.Baker@bisnow.com to be considered for a complimentary pass.
Speakers and Panels
The State of the Carolinas Data Center Market
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Mara Ervin
Director, Data Centers
Stonebridge
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Edmund Driggs
District 7 Council Member
City of Charlotte
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Scott Willis
President & CEO
DartPoints
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Marcus Hassen
VP, Mission Critical Operations & Group Manager
Truist
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Graeme Kavanagh
Partner & CRO
Accelerate Infrastructure Opportunities
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Chris Hutter
CEO
National Power
Building and Betting on the Carolinas
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Ryan Wilson
Vice President, Advanced Facilities Group
JE Dunn Construction
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Jennifer Toeppner
Data Center Lead, Sales & Business Development
Metromont
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Thomas Cramer
General Manager, Southern Region
Mt. Carmel Stabilization Group
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Mike DeSarno
Executive Vice President
Rock Spring Contracting
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Justin Leon
Business Development Manager, Data Centers
Avtron Power Solutions
Physical Perimeter Security: Planning for Success
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Eric Amann
Strategic Account Manager
Betafence
Up Close with FivD
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Gaurav Chopra
CEO
FivD
Why Attend the Carolinas Data Center Conference & Expo
Why This Matters
The Carolinas have moved past the point where being called an emerging market makes sense, but the region hasn't been fully repriced by capital, power planners or local governments to match that shift. Duke Energy's contracted data center load has surged past 7.6 GB behind a $103 billion capital plan, construction spending in the region is up 32% year over year, and two states are actively rewriting the rules for who pays for grid buildout and how fast local tolerance runs out. Every stakeholder in this room, whether they're deploying capital, running site selection or building the asset, is making decisions in a market where the fundamentals are shifting faster than the playbooks built for Northern Virginia or Texas.
What You'll Learn
Which Carolinas submarkets have real power committed behind them and which ones are running on land price and incentives alone
How the pending large load tariff decisions in North Carolina and South Carolina are about to change deal economics
Where community pushback is strong enough to stall or kill projects, and how to read that risk before it shows up in permitting
What's actually constraining construction timelines right now, labor availability, equipment lead times or utility coordination
How lenders and equity partners are underwriting speculative powered shells differently than land backed by a signed lease
Where modular and prefabricated construction are genuinely compressing delivery schedules versus where that's still a sales pitch
What has to be true before capital moves from cautious to aggressive on a multi-phase campus bet in this region
Who You'll Network With
Data center developers and operators, hyperscale and colocation real estate teams, private equity and debt investors active in digital infrastructure, utility and power industry executives, construction and general contracting leadership, economic development officials from North Carolina and South Carolina, site selection consultants, and law firms and advisors working data center transactions across the region.
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Agenda
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8:00 AM
8:55 AM
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Networking, Breakfast, Registration
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8:55 AM
9:00 AM
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Opening Remarks
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9:00 AM
9:45 AM
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The State of the Carolinas Data Center Market
The Carolinas data center pitch usually gets told as a land and incentive story, cheap sites, friendly counties, proximity to the Northern Virginia corridor. That's not what's actually gating deal flow right now. Duke Energy's contracted data center load has surged past 7.6 GW behind a $103 billion capital plan, and both states are now running large load tariff dockets that will decide who pays for the buildout. Local tolerance is breaking faster than expected too. Get past the site selector pitch to what's actually deciding outcomes: which submarkets have real power behind them, how tariff design is about to reprice the economics, and how much community pushback this region can absorb before deals move elsewhere. |
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9:45 AM
10:05 AM
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Physical Perimeter Security: Planning for Success
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10:05 AM
10:30 AM
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Networking Break
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10:30 AM
10:50 AM
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Up Close with FivD
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10:50 AM
11:30 AM
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Building and Betting on the Carolinas
Construction execution, capital conviction and how investors, operators and developers are underwriting a market that is no longer emerging but not yet proven at scale. Data center construction spending in the Carolinas is up 32% year over year, straining the same labor pool and equipment lead times developers need to hit hyperscaler delivery schedules. Preleasing nationally is running near 80% of capacity under construction, but speculative powered shells still get priced differently than land with a signed lease behind it. Get into where building and betting actually meet: what keeps a schedule intact when labor and gear are the constraint, where modular delivery is changing timelines versus where it's still marketing, and what has to be true before capital moves from cautious to aggressive. |
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11:30 AM
12:00 PM
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Post Panel Networking
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Venue
Charlotte Marriott City Center
100 West Trade Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
Ballroom/Floor: Charlotte ABCD + Event Hub / Floor 3
Parking Rates:
$20.00 Event Valet Parking, $18.00 Event Self-Parking
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Tickets
AECs, GCs & Utility Contractors Pass
$124.50 /ticket
To qualify for this rate, you must hold a director-level role or above and your company must be an:
- Architect or Engineering Firm
- General Contractor
- EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction)
- MEP Contractor (Mechanical, Electrical or Plumbing)
- Utility Contractor
**Anyone registering for this pass who does not meet the above criteria is subject to registration cancellation.
Owners/Operators, Developers, Investors & Hyperscalers Pass
Register For Free
To qualify for this rate, you must hold a director level role or above at one of the company types below, with substantial data center assets under management (AUM) or publicly announced data center projects:
- Hyperscaler
- Data Center Developer
- Data Center Owner/Operator
- Investor or Private Equity Firm
Questions about eligibility? Email virginia.baker@bisnow.com
**Anyone registering for this pass who does not meet the above criteria is subject to registration cancellation.
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