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

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Tuesday May 12 - Thursday May 14

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What to Expect

20+ Panels on critical industry topics
150+ Industry-Leading Speakers
12+ Hours of Dedicated Networking
Multiple Cocktail Receptions
The Renowned DICE Casino Night
Over 1,000 Industry Professionals in Attendance

Representatives from every corner of the industry:

Top Cloud Providers: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Oracle, Google, Meta
Leading Operators: CyrusOne, IMDC, Digital Realty, Equinix, Vantage, Cologix
Influential Investors: Partners Group, Manna Capital, ARES Capital, Apollo, Blackstone, Carlyle, Principal, Prudential, Blue Owl and more
County Supervisors, Planning Commissioners, and government officials from across the U.S.

This is the must-attend gathering for data center leaders—an event that brings together new clients, strategic partners, and old friends from across the sector.

Speakers and Panels

Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

Joseph Kava

Fmr VP, Data Centers, Google

Melvin Greer

Melvin Greer is Chief Data Scientist, Americas, Intel Corporation. He is responsible for building Intel’s data science platform through graph analytics, machine learning and cognitive computing to accelerate transformation of data into a strategic asset for Public Sector and commercial enterprises. His systems and software engineering experience has resulted in patented inventions in Cloud Computing, Synthetic Biology and IoT Bio-sensors for edge analytics. He functions as a principal investigator in advanced research studies, including Nanotechnology, Additive Manufacturing and Gamification. He significantly advances the body of knowledge in basic research and critical, highly advanced engineering and scientific disciplines. Mr. Greer is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and U.S. National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine, GUIRR. Melvin has been appointed to Senior Advisor and Fellow at the FBI IT and Data Division. Melvin is charged with acceleration of the FBI mission by supporting appropriate data collection, data analytics, discovery and visualization via advanced data science and AI techniques. Melvin is one of the 2018 LinkedIn Top 10 Voices in data science and analytics. He also received the Washington Exec inaugural Pinnacle Award as the 2018 Artificial Intelligence Executive of the Year. Melvin received the 2017 BDPA Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2012 BEYA Technologist of the Year Award which recognize his outstanding technical contributions that have had a material impact and high value to society as a whole. Melvin Greer has been appointed Fellow of the National Cybersecurity Institute where he assists government, industry, military, and academic sectors meet the challenges in cyber security policy, technology and education. Melvin is Professor, Master of Science in Data Science program at Southern Methodist University (SMU) and Adjunct Faculty, Advanced Academic Program at Johns Hopkins University, where he teaches the Masters of Science course “Practical Applications of Artificial Intelligence”.

Intel Corporation

Chief Data Scientist, Americas

Melvin Greer

Chief Data Scientist, Americas, Intel Corporation

David Bell

VP, Utility & Micro Grid Development, VoltaGrid

Andrea Drasites

Sr. Managing Director, Blackstone

Daniel Golding

Daniel Golding is one the world's leading experts at data center and network engineering, business development, and operations. He has a 30 year career focused on building Internet, Cloud, and AI/ML infrastructure for enterprises, colocation providers, hyperscale clouds, and the emerging AI ecosystem. Dan recently left a long career at Google where he was the only Google Engineering Director to be a part of both the Google Global Networking and Google Data Centers Advanced Technology Innovation teams. He's been a technical lead on the design, engineering and build teams responsible for over $25b of datacenters - thousands of megawatts. He's also a leader in data center leasing, having negotiated, sold, performed due diligence, or signed over $600m of wholesale data center lease deals. Prior to joining ASG, Dan was the Director of Global Network Delivery Engineering at Google. Before Google, he was the VP of Operations and Engineering at Iron Mountain Data Centers, and before that RagingWire Data Centers, now NTT Data Centers. Dan was the sector's leading industry analyst and investment banker at Gartner for Technical Professionals, Tier 1 Research (451 Group) and DH Capital. Dan was one of the earliest engineering leaders at groundbreaking Internet service providers like AOL, Mindspring, and Earthlink. Dan is the former Chairman of NANOG and former vice-Chairman and co-founder of Open-IX. He is frequently credited as the co-founder of Northern Virginia's Data Center Alley in Ashburn. Dan's three most significant innovations have been the popularization of the now dominant Donut model of Internet interconnection which supplanted the former Tier-n model of interconnect; the most historically advantageous Ashburn, VA data center land deal, NTT's 100 acre campus in the middle of Ashburn for $20m in 2012 - land with an objective value of $500m; and the development of engineering continuous improvement techniques to vastly accelerate deployments in hyperscale data centers by factors of 5x or more. Dan has a Bachelor of Engineering Degree from Auburn University, and a Master of Science Degree in Telecommunications Engineering from George Mason University. He is a graduate of the US Navy's Nuclear Power School.

Appleby Strategy Group (ASG)

CTO

Daniel Golding

CTO, Appleby Strategy Group (ASG)

Anahita Fazl Mouro

Global Lead, Data Center Field Reliability & Quality, Google

Matt Souders

VP, Data Center Infrastructure, Oracle

Andy Kirby

Andy Kirby is the AMER East & LATAM Build Partner at Microsoft, where he plays a pivotal role in overseeing various business operations and strategic initiatives within the Americas and LATAM region. With a focus on enhancing efficiency and consistency across the organization, Andy is dedicated to fostering a collaborative environment where team members are motivated to excel every day. In his current role, Andy is responsible for managing the development and execution of data center projects, ensuring that they meet the highest standards of safety, compliance, and operational excellence. His expertise in project management and risk mitigation has been instrumental in driving the successful completion of numerous high-profile projects. Before joining Microsoft, Andy spent 26 years working for general contractors, where he was involved in building highly sophisticated buildings to include the last 7 years focused on data centers. This extensive experience has provided him with a deep understanding of construction processes, project management, and the importance of collaboration and innovation in delivering complex projects. Andy is known for his visible leadership and commitment to building strong relationships with general contractors and trade partners. He has a keen eye for identifying potential challenges and implementing innovative solutions to keep projects on track and within budget. Throughout his career, Andy has demonstrated a passion for continuous improvement and learning. He has been actively involved in various training and workshop initiatives, including safety and compliance reviews, incident reviews, and corrective actions. Andy's dedication to professional development extends to his team, where he emphasizes the importance of building a culture of safety and excellence. In addition to his professional achievements, Andy is a strong advocate for community engagement and global citizenship. He has supported initiatives such as partnering with local high schools for engineering programs and participating in regional safety initiatives.

Microsoft

Partner, Data Center Construction Lead

Andy Kirby

Partner, Data Center Construction Lead, Microsoft

Robert Novo

Head of Compliance and US Gov Network Engineering, Oracle

Hani Noshi

Hani Noshi is a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft. Hani has 20+ years of Projects, Operations, Strategy, and Business Transformation experience. In the Operations Excellence space, Hani focused on the full life cycle of operations transformation: from target operating model design through to operations transformation delivery, change management and implementation. Hani has led projects in Oil & Gas, Resources, and Consumer Products operating groups in 4 continents and 36 countries. In consulting, Hani has provided services involving supply chain lean transformation and process excellence for several large clients. He prides himself on his ability to help clients through complex transformations. A few noteworthy examples include: Helping an Energy Supermajor organization to develop a multi-million dollar business case to streamline their Capital Projects and Engineering processes resulting in $200M in savings and a 15 times return on investment. Advising a public utility company through a full core business transformation and helping an executive team through the development of one of the most ambitious business transformation strategies in their industry resulting in an $148M in cummulative savings over 3 years. During this time Hani was also involved in innovative thought leadership where he published white paper articles in the Lean New Product Introduction and Rapid & Sustained Cost Management space. Prior to joining Accenture, Hani started his career in industry with General Electric Company in 1999, where he joined their Operations Management Leadership program. He then held various functions in hard core manufacturing, supply chain, and product development with increasing levels of responsibility. Throughout Hani’s career in GE, he was promoted throughout several GE businesses where he invented five US and European patents.

Microsoft

Principal Program Manager, Data Center Delivery (DCD)

Hani Noshi

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

Neila Wilson

Director, Data Center Engineering & Operations - East, Visa

Pavan Kundurthi

Manager, Field Engineering, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Peter Hopper

Co-Founder and Managing Director, Primary Digital Infrastructure

John Sheputis

Co-Founder and Managing Director, Primary Digital Infrastructure

David Dunn

COO, H5 Data Centers

Chris Curtis

Global Head of Data Centers, Prologis

Doug Recker

Founder & President, Dous Edge AI

Fentress Boyse

Member of Mgmt., Private Infrastructure - Americas, Partners Group

Yuval Bachar

CEO, EdgeCloudLink (ECL)

Michael Lee

Managing Director, GI Partners

Adam Krupp

Managing Director, Wharton Equity Partners

Raj Vohra

EVP, Data Center Investments - Americas, Thor Equities

Robbie Sovie

EVP, Construction & Development, T5 Data Centers

Terry Rodgers

VP, Design & Engineering, T5 Data Centers

Artecia Wilson

Director, Technology, AT&T

Christopher Lettiere

General Manager, Mid-Atlantic, CoreSite

Jeff Moerdler

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.

Haynes and Boone

Partner & Chair, Data Center & Digital Infrastructure

Jeff Moerdler

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

Matthew Kleiman

CEO, Cumulus Digital Systems

James Grice

Chair, Data Centers & Digital Infrastructure Practice, Akerman

Steven Shparber

Member, Mintz

Shawn Ronda

Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig

Drew Unger

EVP, Polargy

Chris Handwerk

Chief Development Officer, Amp Americas

Steve Rodriguez

Director, Mission Critical, USG

Jim McDonald

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

Geoff Bland

SVP, Commercial Strategies, Life Cycle Power

Andre Patrick

Sr. Principal, Data Center Engineering Services, Introba

Richard Tribble

Technical Service Consultant, ChemTreat

Matt Kightlinger

VP, Johnson Controls

Ken Duncan

Lead Data Center Application Consultant, Belimo Americas

Cody Bain

Principal, AG&E

Dave Meadows

Director, Technology, STULZ Air Technology Systems

Barak Gur-Arie

VP, Buildots

Ryan Hansen

Technology Director, Hyperscale Strategic Accounts, Schneider Electric

Michael Terrigno

Principal, Syska Hennessy Group

Brian Chen

VP, Stewart Title

Michael Collins

Manager, North America, INNIO Jenbacher

Brandy Byrd Chapman

Business Development Specialist l Mission Critical, Ameristar Perimeter Security

Blake Roskelley

Sr Preconstruction Manager, Mission Critical, Clark Pacific

Michael Mindell

Senior National Account Executive, CPower Energy Management

Jim Marsh

Key Accounts Manager, Data Center Technologies, Munters Corporation

Ash Curzon

Enterprise AE, ALICE Technologies

Adam Laufer

Associate, PARADIGM Structural Engineers

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

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Agenda

May 12	Activity
7:30 AM 8:20 AM	Coffee, Networking & Breakfast
8:20 AM 8:30 AM	Opening Remarks: Welcome to DICE National 2026!
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 10:00 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?
10:00 AM 10:15 AM	Top Ten Data Center Legal and Business Issues for Powered Land, Leases and MSA's That You Should Know About
10:15 AM 10:35 AM	Networking Break
10:35 AM 11:15 AM	Monetizing the Mesh: AI‑Ready Network Architectures and the Business Case Behind Them AI‑era networking—from GPU fabrics to multi‑region low‑latency paths—is as much a financial decision as a technical one. This panel explores how operators are evaluating ROI on new network topologies, dark fiber strategies, and richer interconnection ecosystems. Which connectivity investments pencil out when weighed against customer demand, churn risk, and differentiated pricing, and how are network choices shaping asset values and deal terms?
11:15 AM 12:00 PM	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?
12:00 PM 1:40 PM	Lunch and Expo!
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.
1:40 PM 2:15 PM	Edge Economics: Distributed Infrastructure for AI Inference and Localized Demand As inference and latency‑sensitive workloads move closer to users and data sources, edge facilities are emerging as complements—not replacements—to hyperscale campuses. This panel explores where edge plays make economic sense, how operators are underwriting returns, and what partnership models (carriers, towercos, hyperscalers) are working. How should developers think about portfolio design, risk and capital efficiency when spreading bets across core, hub, and edge locations?
2:15 PM 2:55 PM	Funding the Talent Shift: AI‑Augmented Workforces and the Cost of Doing Nothing The talent shortage is not just an HR issue; it is a line item in every pro forma and financing model. This session looks at how owners are justifying investments in training, apprenticeship, and AI‑enabled tools versus the cost of delay, rework, and downtime. Where does AI realistically reduce operating expense, and where must organizations still pay a premium for specialized human expertise to protect their assets and maintain lender confidence?
2:55 PM 3:15 PM	Networking Break
3:15 PM 3:55 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?
3:55 PM 4:35 PM	Closing Day 1 Keynote
May 13	Activity
7:30 AM 8:20 AM	Coffee, Networking & Breakfast
8:20 AM 8:30 AM	Opening Remarks: Welcome to Day 2!
8:30 AM 9:15 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?
9:15 AM 9:55 AM	Scaling AI Campuses: Balancing Ambition, Risk and Deliverability AI‑driven campuses are stretching what teams thought possible on power, density and timeline. This panel explores how designers, builders and operators are framing the next generation of large sites—deciding how big to go, how fast to phase and where to draw the line on complexity. How are teams weighing long‑term growth plans, customer commitments and on‑the‑ground constraints to decide which AI campus visions move forward and which get reshaped into something more achievable?
9:55 AM 10:20 AM	Networking Break
10:20 AM 11:00 AM	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?
11:00 AM 11:40 AM	From Blueprint to Build: Best Practices for Physical Security Throughout Development
11:40 AM 1:40 PM	Lunch and Expo!
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.
1:40 PM 2:20 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?
2:20 PM 3:05 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?
3:05 PM 3:20 PM	Networking Break
3:20 PM 4:00 PM	Closing Keynote Day 2
May 14	Activity
7:30 AM 8:20 AM	Coffee, Networking & Breakfast
8:20 AM 8:30 AM	Opening Remarks: Welcome to Day 3!
9:00 AM 9:40 AM	When Data Centers Come to Town: Water, Traffic, Tax Deals and the Fight for Community Trust When data centers arrive in new or growing communities, the biggest friction points are often water, traffic, tax incentives and quality‑of‑life impacts rather than land and megawatts. This panel explores how developers, operators and public officials are reframing engagement, benefit packages and project design to build durable trust instead of opposition. How are teams addressing water use, transparency around incentives and infrastructure impacts early—and which approaches are turning skeptics into long‑term allies as campuses scale over multiple phases?
9:40 AM 10:25 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?
10:25 AM 10:40 AM	Networking Break
10:40 AM 11:25 AM	Sustainable by Default: Embedding ESG into Fast-Moving Projects Expectations around sustainability continue to rise even as timelines compress. This panel looks at how teams are choosing materials, cooling strategies, power options and reporting practices that move the needle without slowing projects down. Which approaches are becoming standard across portfolios, and where are teams still experimenting to find solutions that work in different markets and climates?
11:25 AM 12:10 PM	Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation/Keynote Day 3: Joe Kava
12:10 PM 2:00 PM	Lunch and Expo!
2:00 PM 2:45 PM	Smart Jobsites: Construction Tech That Keeps Critical Paths Moving Construction teams are leaning on robotics, drones, reality capture and field data platforms to keep complex data center projects coordinated and on schedule. This session focuses on the tools that are actually making a difference on the jobsite—from clash detection and material tracking to real‑time status updates that inform daily planning. How are project teams integrating these technologies into standard workflows so they support faster, cleaner delivery rather than remaining one‑off pilots?
2:45 PM 3:30 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?
3:30 PM 5:30 PM	Post-Event 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??
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

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