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Data Center Investment Conference And Expo (DICE): National

Tue May 12, 2026 - Thu May 14, 2026

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Data Center Investment Conference And Expo (DICE): National

The Nation’s Premier Digital Infrastructure Leadership Three Day Summit

to be held in Maryland (Our Largest Venue Ever!)

Tuesday May 12 - Thursday May 14

$1,499.00

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Speakers and Panels

Lifetime Achievement Award & Keynote

Day 3 [11:25 - 12:10 PM] Presentation/Keynote Day 3: Joe Kava

Joseph Kava
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

Joseph Kava

Fmr VP, Data Centers, Google

Opening Keynote Day 2: The Class A Developer

Day 2 [8:30 - 9:00AM]

Chris Crosby

Chris Crosby

CEO, Compass Datacenters
Buddy Rizer
Moderator

Buddy Rizer

Executive Director, Loudoun County Economic Development

Keynote: The Missing Middle

Day 2 [3:50 - 4:20PM]: Power Strategy for Mid-Sized Demand

Chris Downie

Chris Downie

Managing Partner, Welles Infrastructure Advisors
Spencer Mullee

Spencer Mullee

CEO, Centersquare
Doug Recker

Doug Recker

Founder, Dous Edge AI

Closing Keynote Day 2

Day 2 [4:20 - 4:50PM]

Matt Souders

Matt Souders

SVP, Data Center Delivery, Oracle
Marshall Sorenson
Moderator

Marshall Sorenson

VP, Metromont

State of Northern Virginia and the New Global Hubs

Day 1 [8:30 - 9:15 AM] Where the Next Trillion in AI Infrastructure Lands

Chris Curtis

Chris Curtis

Global Head of Data Centers, Prologis
Jeff Moerdler

Jeff Moerdler

Partner & Chair, Data Center & Digital Infrastructure, Haynes and Boone

Building at the Pace of Capital

Day 1 [9:30 - 10:15AM] Supply Chain, Capacity Planning and the New Procurement Playbook

Joe Melia

Joe Melia

Director, Preconstruction, CloudHQ

From Dirt to Deal

Day 1 [10:35 - 11:20 AM] Site Strategy, Permitting and the Economics of “Where to Build Next”

Alex Kang

Alex Kang

VP, Acquisitions, Legacy Investing
Josh Rudin

Josh Rudin

Member / Co-Chair, Digital Infrastructure Practice, Mintz
Andre Patrick

Andre Patrick

VP, Data Center Practice, Introba

Beyond the Substation

Day 1 [11:20AM - 12:05 PM] Integrating New Power Sources into AI-Ready Campuses

Adebisi Ogunsanmi

Adebisi Ogunsanmi

Manager, Critical Environment Operations, Microsoft
Michael Mindell

Michael Mindell

Senior National Account Executive, CPower Energy Management

Patrick Hughes

Senior VP, NEMA
Michael Sirard

Michael Sirard

CTO, MPINarada

Workforce Under Pressure

Day 1 [2:10PM - 2:50 PM] Navigating Talent Shortages, Skills Gaps, and the Urgent Need for Strategic Action

Jonathan Mesik

Jonathan Mesik

Principal, Mission Critical - National, DLR Group
David Speidelsbach

David Speidelsbach

VP, Wesco

The Power P&L

Day 1 [2:50PM - 3:30 PM] Maximizing Compute per Megawatt in the New Economics of Power

Andy Kirby

Andy Kirby

General Manager, AMERS EPC, Microsoft
Krystyna Witt

Krystyna Witt

VP, Solutions Engineering, Prime Data Centers

Capital at the Core

Day 1 [3:50PM - 4:30PM] Underwriting AI‑Era Campuses, Pipelines and Exits

Ariana Batori

Ariana Batori

Principal, Stonepeak
Matt Monaco

Matt Monaco

VP, Asset Management, CyrusOne
Michael Borchetta

Michael Borchetta

Sr. MD, Co-Head North America Transactions, Harrison Street
Pervez Siddique
Moderator

Pervez Siddique

Chief Development Officer, Prime Power

From Market Land Grab to Disciplined Growth

Day 1 [4:30PM - 5:15 PM] How 2026 Sets the Tone for the Next Cycle

Graeme Kavanagh

Graeme Kavanagh

Partner & CRO, Accelerate
David Tolson

David Tolson

Founder, DBT Data

Monetizing Latency

Day 2 [9:00AM - 9:45AM]AI‑Ready Network and Edge Architectures

Dagi Berhane

Dagi Berhane

SVP, AI Infrastructure, Tensorwave

Josh Forman

Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig

The Generative Scheduling Playbook for Data Centers

Day 2 [10:10AM - 10:25AM]

Dan Evets

Dan Evets

VP, Strategic Accounts, ALICE

Power Playbooks for the AI Era

Day 2 [10:25AM - 11:10AM] Making Limited Megawatts Go Further

Terry Rodgers

VP, Design & Engineering, T5 Data Centers
Gary Germeroth

Gary Germeroth

Partner, PA Consulting Group
Jim McDonald

Jim McDonald

Founder & Director, ENP Consultants, A Miratech Group, MIRATECH Corporation

AI-First Design

Day 2 [11:35AM - 12:15 PM] Rethinking Scale, Redundancy and Modularity

Jasmeet Singh

Jasmeet Singh

Senior DC Design Manager, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Akshay Viradiya

Akshay Viradiya

Sr. Staff Data Center Engineer, LinkedIn
Christopher Lay

Christopher Lay

Senior Associate, Syska Hennessy

The Future of Cooling

Day 2 [12:15PM - 12:55 PM] Designing for High-Density AI Without Overbuilding

Christopher Lettiere

Christopher Lettiere

VP, Data Center Operations, Oracle
Ken Duncan

Ken Duncan

Lead Data Center Application Consultant, Belimo Americas

Operational Excellence 2.0

Day 2 [2:50 - 3:30PM] Tools, Teams and the New Performance Baseline

Sahid Jaffa

Sahid Jaffa

Sr. Director, Engineering, Geico
Mike Parks

Mike Parks

CEO, MCIM

Delivery at Scale

Day 3 [9:30 - 10:15 AM] Turning Big Pipelines into Real, Buildable Projects

Daniel Golding

Daniel Golding

CTO, Appleby Strategy Group (ASG)
Amit Desai

Amit Desai

Senior Associate, Marx Okubo
Robert Montejo
Moderator

Robert Montejo

Partner, Duane Morris

The Art of Running Hot

Day 3 [10:15 - 11:00 AM] Operating High‑Density Cooling Day‑to‑Day

Jake Sessions
Moderator

Jake Sessions

Business Development, Xylem

When Data Centers Come to Town

Day 3 [1:35 - 2:20PM] Community, Resources, and Sustainability

Neila Wilson

Director, Data Center Engineering & Operations - East, Visa
TJ Ciccone

TJ Ciccone

CTO, Menlo Equities
Matt Brown

Matt Brown

COO, Core Scientific
Melvin Greer

Melvin Greer

Chief Data Scientist, Americas, Intel Corporation
Brittani Clayman

Brittani Clayman

Director, Marketing and Sustainability, ESI Total Fuel Management
Chris Walsh
Moderator

Chris Walsh

Full Lifecycle Data Center Solutions, Upchurch

Designing for Speed

Day 3 [2:20 - 3:05 PM] Construction Strategies That Shorten the Path to First Power

Hani Noshi

Hani Noshi

Principal Program Manager, Data Center Delivery (DCD), Microsoft
Denver Parys

Denver Parys

Director, Portfolio Planning, Edged
Brittany Lloyd

Brittany Lloyd

Eastern Regional Manager, GPLA

Why You Can't Miss DICE National 2026!

What You'll Learn: 

  • How AI‑driven demand, power constraints and geopolitical risk are shifting the map from Northern Virginia to new global hubs—and what that means for pricing, timelines and competition through 2027.
  • How to align capital and delivery by rethinking supply chain, SKUs, and multi‑year procurement so mega‑campuses can actually be built at the pace investors are underwriting.
  • Which legal and business pitfalls around powered land, leases and MSAs matter most in 2026—and how to structure deals that protect value as markets and regulations evolve.
  • How AI‑ready network architectures, dark fiber strategies and interconnection ecosystems are being monetized, and which connectivity bets truly pay off in customer retention and asset value.
  • How to blend site strategy, permitting, land structures and community engagement so “where to build next” decisions create bankable, permittable projects instead of stalled opportunities.
  • Where edge economics really work for AI inference and localized demand, and how to design portfolios that balance core, hub and edge without overextending capital.
  • How owners are quantifying the ROI of talent, training and AI‑enabled tools—and where the cost of doing nothing shows up in pro formas, delays and lender confidence.
  • What “disciplined growth” looks like after a decade of land grabs, and how 2026 decisions on markets, sites, supply chains and people will drive competitiveness into 2030.
  • How leading operators are stretching limited megawatts with staged energization, smarter distribution and alternative solutions in tight power markets.
  • How teams are right‑sizing AI campuses—deciding how big to go, how fast to phase and where to cap complexity—so visions turn into deliverable projects.
  • Which cooling strategies (liquid, immersion, hybrid) are actually working for high‑density AI, and how to avoid both under‑provisioning and expensive over‑design.
  • Best practices for physical security from dirt to ribbon cutting, including how to embed security into design, construction and commissioning workflows.
  • How modern tools, teams and processes are redefining operational excellence, from DCIM and analytics to incident response and cross‑site collaboration.
  • How AI‑first design is changing fundamentals—scale, redundancy, modularity—and where to standardize versus customize for the next wave of builds.
  • How water, traffic, incentives and quality‑of‑life concerns are being addressed to turn skeptical communities into long‑term partners for multi‑phase campuses.
  • How owners, builders and designers are prioritizing full pipelines, sequencing scopes and standardizing designs when demand far exceeds delivery capacity.
  • How sustainability can be “baked in” as default—materials, cooling, power and reporting—without slowing schedules in fast‑moving projects.
  • Which construction‑tech tools (robotics, drones, reality capture, field data platforms) are actually keeping critical paths moving on complex jobsites.
  • How modular strategies, prefabrication and smarter sequencing are shortening the path to first power and cutting redesigns and field changes on large projects.

 

Relevant News and Developments:

 

Who You'll Network With:

  • Developers, Owners & Operators — campus strategists, AI‑focused builders and portfolio leaders balancing growth, risk and community expectations across regions.
  • Hyperscalers, Cloud & Large End Users — platform, engineering, and delivery teams driving requirements for AI campuses, GPU fabric,s and low‑latency edge deployments.
  • Investors, Capital Providers & Lenders — institutions underwriting mega‑campuses, edge platforms and talent initiatives, and redefining what “bankable” looks like in 2026.
  • Construction, Design & Engineering Teams — GCs, specialty trades, architects, structural, MEP, and civil engineers advancing modular, prefab, and high‑density delivery models.
  • Network, Fiber & Infrastructure Providers — dark fiber, interconnection, carrier, and tower partners enabling AI‑ready network topologies and metro‑to‑edge meshes.
  • Power, Utilities & Energy Innovators — utilities, IPPs, and on‑site/alternative power providers focused on stretching limited megawatts and sequencing grid‑constrained builds.
  • Legal, Land Use & Permitting Experts — counsel and advisors navigating powered land, leases, MSAs, tax incentives, permitting paths, and multi‑jurisdictional approvals.
  • Operations, Talent & Technology Leaders — data center operators, HR, and OT/IT leaders responsible for operational excellence, AI‑augmented workforce,s and portfolio‑wide performance.

 

Why You Should Attend: 

  • DICE National 2026 is the flagship three‑day forum for everyone responsible for where, how and how fast the next generation of AI‑ready infrastructure gets built.
  • The agenda follows the full lifecycle—from market selection, land, power and community trust to procurement, construction tech, cooling, security, operations and ESG—so each stakeholder can plug into the same strategic picture.
  • Whether you run a single region or a global platform, this is where you benchmark your approach, compare notes with peers facing similar constraints, and walk away with the playbooks, partners and perspective to compete through 2030.

 

How You'll Do More Business

  • Translate three days of conversations into concrete strategies for siting, powering, financing and delivering AI‑era campuses, edges and brownfield upgrades.
  • Pressure‑test your current pipeline, procurement plans and talent strategies against what the most active builders, hyperscalers and capital providers are actually doing in 2026.
  • Build relationships with the specific partners—utilities, network providers, constructors, legal advisors and capital sources—you need to move your next sites from idea to energized capacity.
  • Leave with clearer frameworks for prioritizing markets, projects and capital

 

Join us at Blue Mash Golf Course for a day of golf, deal-making and fun!

View details on the course here: https://www.bluemash.com/

Interested in filling a foursome or sponsoring? Reach out to Brady.Bash@Bisnow.com.

 

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.

Venue

Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
5701 Marinelli Rd
Rockville, MD 20852

Nearby Hotel Options:
  • Canopy by Hilton Washington DC Bethesda North - 940 Rose Ave, North Bethesda, MD 20852 - .5 miles away
  • Hilton Washington DC/Rockville Hotel & Executive Meeting Ctr - 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852 - 1.3 miles away
  • EVEN Hotel Rockville - Washington DC Area by IHG - 1775 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852 - 1.3 miles away
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Agenda

May 12 Activity
7:30 AM
8:20 AM
Coffee, Networking & Breakfast
Watts Water
8:20 AM
8:30 AM
Opening Remarks: Welcome to DICE National 2026!
Power and Data Management
8:30 AM
9:15 AM
State of Northern Virginia and the New Global Hubs: Where the Next Trillion in AI Infrastructure Lands
As Northern Virginia tests the limits of power, land, and community patience, capital is rapidly scouting the next generation of hubs in the U.S. and abroad. This keynote explores how AI‑driven demand, grid realities, and geopolitical risk are reshaping the map of “must‑build” markets. How are investors, hyperscalers, and developers deciding where the next trillion dollars of data center and power infrastructure will actually be deployed—and what does that mean for pricing, timelines, and competition in 2026–2027?
9:15 AM
9:30 AM
Top Ten Data Center Legal and Business Issues for Powered Land, Leases and MSA's That You Should Know About
Haynes Boone NY
9:30 AM
10:15 AM
Building at the Pace of Capital: Supply Chain, Capacity Planning and the New Procurement Playbook
Capital is ready to fund mega‑campuses, but long‑lead equipment and constrained manufacturing capacity often dictate the real schedule. This session examines how developers and operators are using multi‑year procurement strategies, standardized SKUs, and prefab ecosystems to align construction pace with capital deployment. How are teams forecasting capacity, locking in critical gear, and structuring supplier relationships so projects can actually absorb the dollars committed on investment memos?
10:15 AM
10:35 AM
Networking Break
10:35 AM
11:20 AM
From Dirt to Deal: Site Strategy, Permitting and the Economics of “Where to Build Next”
Early‑stage decisions on land, zoning, and power rights now lock in outcomes for both risk and return. This discussion looks at how teams are blending market analysis, community engagement, and lease / land structures to create bankable projects. How are developers structuring ground leases, incentives, and risk‑sharing mechanisms with cities, utilities, and end‑users so that sites are both permittable and financeable?
11:20 AM
12:05 PM
Beyond the Substation: Integrating New Power Sources into AI-Ready Campuses
Traditional grid supply alone can no longer keep pace with AI-driven growth, pushing operators to experiment with renewables, advanced nuclear, hydrogen, fuel cells, and hybrid microgrids. This session explores how teams are evaluating business cases, regulatory risk, and technical integration for emerging power sources across both new builds and existing campuses. Which models are proving most viable in real projects, and how should developers decide when to double down on the traditional grid versus layering in alternative generation to secure firm, future-ready capacity?
12:05 PM
1:55 PM
Lunch and Expo!
Moss Utilities
12:40 PM
1:00 PM
From Blueprint to Build: Best Practices for Physical Security Throughout Development
Ameristar Perimeter Security USA Inc., an ASSA ABLOY Group brand
1:00 PM
1:30 PM
Women's Coffee & Connect!
Join fellow women professionals for a coffee-powered networking break focused on connection, collaboration, and community.
1:55 PM
2:15 PM
Scaling the AI Factory with Full-Stack, Digitally Orchestrated Infrastructure
Vertiv Co.
2:15 PM
2:55 PM
Workforce Under Pressure: Navigating Talent Shortages, Skills Gaps, and the Urgent Need for Strategic Action
As AI demand accelerates, the data center talent shortage has become a core financial and operational constraint rather than a back‑office HR issue. This session examines how owners, operators, and builders are grappling with scarce skilled labor, rising wage and relocation costs, and thin local talent pools across construction, operations, and specialized technical roles. How are teams rethinking workforce strategy—apprenticeships, reskilling, AI‑enabled productivity tools, and partnerships with trades and educators—to keep projects moving, protect uptime, and make the economics of new capacity still pencil out in today’s labor market?
2:55 PM
3:35 PM
The Power P&L: Maximizing Compute per Megawatt in the New Economics of Power
With power now a defining line item in every pro forma, energy strategy has become a core financial decision, not just an engineering exercise. This panel dives into how owners, operators, and capital providers are approaching long term PPAs, hedging strategies, creative tariff structures, and demand response or grid services revenues while explicitly tying those decisions to compute per megawatt and asset value over time. How are teams modeling cost, volatility, and carbon over the life of AI era campuses, and what separates power strategies that merely secure supply from those that systematically turn constrained megawatts into durable revenue and competitive advantage?
3:35 PM
3:55 PM
Networking Break
3:55 PM
4:35 PM
Capital at the Core: Underwriting AI‑Era Campuses, Pipelines and Exits
Capital is chasing AI‑era development at unprecedented scale, but not every site, campus or platform is truly underwritable. As sponsors navigate interest rates, delivery risk, power constraints and evolving contract structures, they are recalibrating how they size, price and structure deals across development, recapitalizations and M&A. Which projects actually clear the bar for “bankable,” how are investors reshaping portfolios and capital stacks around the most durable demand, and what choices today will define who can keep building as capital becomes more selective?
4:35 PM
5:20 PM
From Market Land Grab to Disciplined Growth: How 2026 Sets the Tone for the Next Cycle
After a decade of land grabs and hyper‑growth, the industry is entering a phase where discipline matters as much as speed. In this keynote, senior leaders reflect on Day 1 themes—markets, sites, supply chains, and talent—and discuss how their organizations are prioritizing projects and capital. What does “responsible growth” look like when demand is still exploding, and how will the decisions made in 2026 shape competitiveness through 2030?
5:20 PM
6:20 PM
DICE National Day 1 Post-Event Cocktail Reception!!
Watts Water Landstar System, Inc. Airedale by Modine
May 13 Activity
7:30 AM
8:20 AM
Coffee, Networking & Breakfast
Watts Water
8:20 AM
8:30 AM
Opening Remarks: Welcome to Day 2!
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
Keynote: The Class A Developer
9:00 AM
9:45 AM
Monetizing Latency: AI‑Ready Network and Edge Architectures
As AI inference and other latency‑sensitive workloads surge, network and edge design are becoming as critical as core campus builds. This session looks at what AI‑era networking really entails, from GPU fabrics and low‑latency multi‑region paths to distributed edge sites and dense interconnection hubs. How are operators aligning fiber routes, peering strategies and edge footprints with specific AI use cases, underwriting new topologies and dark fiber, and deciding when richer interconnection ecosystems actually enhance pricing power, retention and asset values? What does it take to map workloads across core, hub and edge locations, define “good enough” latency for different applications and build a mesh‑style network and edge strategy that balances technical performance with financial outcomes as architectures and demand evolve?
9:45 AM
10:05 AM
Networking Break
10:05 AM
10:25 AM
The Generative Scheduling Playbook for Data Centers
This session introduces Generative Scheduling, offering a practical framework teams can use to optimize data center projects from design through construction. We will cover what ALICE is, how it works, and the key capabilities that enable rapid simulation of multiple construction scenarios to generate optimal solutions. Along with data center case studies, the session will break down how teams approach key decisions at each phase and translate those into repeatable strategies
ALICE Technologies
10:25 AM
11:10 AM
Power Playbooks for the AI Era: Making Limited Megawatts Go Further
AI growth is forcing teams to think differently about how every megawatt is allocated, sequenced and used across a campus. This panel explores how operators are reshaping power strategies with staged energization, smarter distribution, and selective use of on‑site and alternative solutions to stretch constrained capacity. What practical approaches are helping projects move forward in tight power markets, and how are teams designing today’s systems so they can absorb future upgrades without major disruption?
11:10 AM
11:35 AM
Networking Break
11:35 AM
12:15 PM
AI-First Design: Rethinking Scale, Redundancy and Modularity
Designing for AI reshapes fundamentals, from power topologies and cooling concepts to space planning and building form. This session explores how teams are updating reference designs and standards to support higher densities, faster change and more varied customer needs. How are designers choosing where to standardize versus customize, and what lessons from early AI builds are already changing the next wave of templates?
12:15 PM
12:55 PM
The Future of Cooling: Designing for High-Density AI Without Overbuilding
As GPU densities climb, cooling strategies must evolve without turning every project into a science experiment. This session looks at how teams compare liquid, immersion and hybrid options while keeping an eye on reliability, maintainability and long‑term operating profile. Which design choices are proving resilient as hardware changes, and how are project teams avoiding both under‑provisioning and expensive, rarely used over‑design?
12:55 PM
2:35 PM
Lunch and Expo!
Moss Utilities
1:00 PM
1:30 PM
Women's Coffee & Connect!
Join fellow women professionals for a coffee-powered networking break focused on connection, collaboration, and community.
2:35 PM
2:50 PM
Day 1 Readiness: Why Water Strategy Now Determines AI Data Center Reliability
Ensuring Sustainable Water Use for AI Infrastructure Stability
ChemTreat
2:50 PM
3:30 PM
Operational Excellence 2.0: Tools, Teams and the New Performance Baseline
Operating modern AI‑ready facilities requires tighter coordination between people, platforms and processes. This panel examines how organizations are updating playbooks around monitoring, incident response, skills development and collaboration across sites. Which combinations of DCIM, analytics and automation are actually improving reliability and efficiency, and how are leaders deciding where to invest next to raise the baseline across their portfolios?
3:30 PM
3:50 PM
Networking Break
3:50 PM
4:20 PM
Keynote: The Missing Middle: Power Strategy for Mid-Sized Demand
4:20 PM
4:50 PM
Closing Keynote Day 2
4:50 PM
5:50 PM
DICE National Day 2 Post-Event Cocktail Reception!!
Watts Water Landstar System, Inc. Airedale by Modine
May 14 Activity
8:30 AM
9:25 AM
Coffee, Networking & Breakfast
Watts Water
9:25 AM
9:30 AM
Opening Remarks: Welcome to Day 3!
9:30 AM
10:15 AM
Delivery at Scale: Turning Big Pipelines into Real, Buildable Projects
Backlogs are full, but not every project can move at once. This panel explores how owners, builders and designers are prioritizing work, sequencing scopes and standardizing approaches when they have more demand than delivery capacity. How are teams deciding which projects to advance, which to re‑shape and which to slow down—while keeping customers engaged and internal resources focused on the right opportunities?
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
The Art of Running Hot: Operating High‑Density Cooling Day‑to‑Day
As liquid and hybrid cooling roll out, the hard part is less picking a technology and more running it well every day. This session looks at how operators are tuning setpoints, controls, maintenance practices, and monitoring so high‑density environments stay stable without over‑reacting to every hardware change. How are teams updating playbooks, staffing, and tooling to keep new cooling systems reliable and manageable at scale?
11:00 AM
11:20 AM
Networking Break
11:20 AM
12:05 PM
Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation/Keynote Day 3: Joe Kava
12:05 PM
1:35 PM
Lunch and Expo!
Moss Utilities
1:35 PM
2:20 PM
When Data Centers Come to Town: Community, Resources, and Sustainability
When data centers arrive, the biggest friction points are often water, power, labor, tax incentives, and overall community impact. Developers, operators, and public officials are rethinking how they approach residents and local leaders, how they talk about incentives, and how they design projects so benefits feel real on the ground. At the same time, communities are asking harder questions about sustainability—how facilities use water, source power, and manage their footprint over the long term. How are teams building trust early, baking in more sustainable choices, and turning skeptics into long-term allies as campuses grow over multiple phases?
2:20 PM
3:05 PM
Designing for Speed: Construction Strategies That Shorten the Path to First Power
When timelines are tight, construction planning can either unlock speed or bake in delays. This discussion explores how modular power and cooling skids, repeatable building layouts, prefabrication and smarter sequencing are compressing schedules on large data center projects. Where are teams successfully using these construction‑driven strategies to reduce redesign cycles, cut field changes and move from concept to energized capacity faster in high‑demand markets?
3:05 PM
5:30 PM
DICE National Day 3 Post-Event Cocktail Reception and DICE CASINO NIGHT!!
Join Bisnow and your friends for food, drinks and casino games! What better way to wrap up an amazing three days of networking, deals and content
Watts Water Landstar System, Inc. Airedale by Modine
May 15 Activity
8:00 AM
3:00 PM
Golf Outing!
Join us at Blue Mash Golf Course for a day of golf, deal-making and fun! Interested in filling a foursome or sponsoring? Email: Brady.Bash@Bisnow.com

By the Numbers — 2025 Recap

  • 1,125 Attendees representing 631 unique companies
  • Elite participation from industry-defining organizations: AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, Meta, Equinix, NTT Global Data Centers, Google, Mastercard, Geico, ByteDance (TikTok), and more!
  • Nearly 40% C-Suite or Executive Level participants
     

Seniority Breakdown:

  • 36% C-Suite / Executives (CEOs, Presidents, CIOs, CTOs)
  • 33% Partners / Principals, VPs, / Directors
  • 20% Managers/ Associates / Analysts

 

Industry Representation

Our 2025 event saw more than 50 organizations bringing multi-person teams—with some groups sending over 10 attendees each! The crowd spanned the entire data center value chain:

  • Data Center Operators & Developers: 25%
  • Cloud / Hyperscalers: 25%
  • Power, Utilities, Consulting, General Services: 13%
  • Construction, Engineering, Investors & Finance: 10%
  • Government Officials, Legal & Advisory: 4%

 

Plus: 

Dynamic presence from telecom and tech innovation leaders

Media Partners

Impact Partners

Sponsors

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