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Data Center Investment Conference & Expo (DICE): Southwest

Exploring the latest development, infrastructure and technology trends in Arizona, Nevada and the Greater Region
Held in Phoenix

Event Ended On: Wednesday April 3 2024

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Speakers and Panels

State of the Southwest Market: Opportunities, Challenges and Trends in One of the Strongest Growth Markets in the Industry

John Regan

John Regan

Carter Funds, ACCI Fund CIO
Anthony Wanger

Anthony Wanger

Developer, Investor & Advisor, Digital Infrastructure

Optimizing Your Data Center Operations and Reducing Downtime: Best Strategies to Reduce Risk and Meet Customer Demands

Presentation: Water Sustainability and Data Centers

Michael Beatty

AVP, Global Data Center Design & Engineering, Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company

Building In Security: How To Do it Right and Why it Matters

Rhett Weddell

Rhett Weddell

Global Physical Security Expert, U.S. Army Retired, Meta

Amy Dunton

Business Development for Tier II, III and Edge, Ameristar Perimeter Security USA

Design to Construction to Delivery: How Developers are Building to Meet Demands and Reducing To Cost of Ownership

Hani Noshi

Hani Noshi

Senior Program Manager, Project Delivery, Microsoft
Abhishek Bardhan

Abhishek Bardhan

Vice President, Business Acquisition, Exyte
Dan Fleming

Dan Fleming

Director, Mission Critical, XYZ Reality
Jim McDonald
Moderator

Jim McDonald

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

Requirements When Building Out Your Data Center: What Enterprises Should be Asking For

Allan Gazza

Allan Gazza

Manager, IT Infrastructure - Data Center, State of Arizona (Arizona Strategic Enterprise Technology)
Gaurav Chopra
Moderator

Gaurav Chopra

Managing Director, fivD

Why You Can't Miss This Data Center Investment Conference & Expo (DICE) Event

What You'll Learn From Data Center Owners, Operators, or Developers:

  • Phoenix was one of the most active hyperscale markets in 2022 and 2023, with a record absorption year after year. Will the trend continue in 2024?
  • What are the main drivers of growth for Phoenix and the Southwest? What ecosystem developments are taking place and where is the opportunity?
  • How will the development of semiconductor facilities impact the industry's future development plans and timelines?
  • What are innovations and best practices in data center management to facilitate maximum efficiency? How are operators using less water and energy to cool increasing rack density?
  • What cooling strategies will we be seeing more of in the next 3-5 years? What are vendors and operators seeing from their customers?
  • Security on the data center site is critical to operations and can be extremely costly if an incident occurs - how are data center security manager working with various team to ensure seamless security?
  • Which regions across the Southwest are driving the most development? Mesa, Goodyear now have several data center campuses - which areas are next?
  • What are some of the big innovations or frameworks that we as an industry need to apply to tackle current challenges?

 

How You'll Do More Business From Attending: Get up to speed on one of the fastest growing tier II data center markets, learn what customers are looking for and make better business decisions based on the right insights.

 

Who You'll Meet During Networking: Investors, vice president of design and construction, owners, head of acquisitions, providers, contractors, engineers, brokers, developers

 

Relevant News and Developments:

 

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Venue

Marriott Phoenix Chandler
1600 South Price Rd
Chandler, AZ 85256

Ballroom/Floor: Chandler 3&4 Ballroom / Ballroom Foyer - Lobby Level 


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Agenda

Time Activity
7:30 AM
8:25 AM
Registration, Breakfast and Networking
8:25 AM
8:30 AM
Opening Remarks: Welcome to DICE Southwest 2024!
8:30 AM
9:10 AM
State of the Southwest Market: Opportunities, Challenges and Trends in One of the Strongest Growth Markets in the Industry
With fiber infrastructure, power availability and proximity to primary markets, Arizona experienced record levels of absorption back to back years in 2022 and 2023. With both major hyperscalers and retail colo building a presence in the region, what can we expect for the year ahead. What are anticipated growth pains of the market and how are developers planning where to build next?
9:10 AM
9:50 AM
Optimizing Your Data Center Operations and Reducing Downtime: Best Strategies To Reduce Risk and Meet Customer Demands
Keeping facilities running efficiently is critical in today’s environment. How are enterprise clients and data center operators optimizing their current infrastructure and designs to further enhance cooling, energy usage and mitigate risk? What is working and what should be innovated?
9:50 AM
10:05 AM
Presentation: Water Sustainability and Data Centers
10:05 AM
10:25 AM
Building In Security: How To Do it Right and Why it Matters
When it comes to bringing data centers online and keeping them secure, physical security is a big component. If proper security practices are not in place, a project could be put behind millions of dollars and have significant time delays. These are risks that can't be taken. Hear from security experts on best practices and what teams should be doing to ensure vulnerabilities are reduced.
Ameristar Perimeter Security USA Inc., an ASSA ABLOY Group brand
10:25 AM
10:45 AM
Networking Break
HED
10:45 AM
11:00 AM
Presentation: Presentation: Top Ten Data Center Legal Issues for Leases and MSA's That You Should Know About
Mintz
11:00 AM
11:40 AM
Design to Construction to Delivery: How Developers are Building to Meet Demands and Reducing To Cost of Ownership
Speed, scale and cost is everything in today’s market. Understanding how to design and deliver data centers on time and on budget is critical to success. With that, how is design changing with speed to market in mind? What are the best approaches and newest technologies for today’s builds? What are the trends taking place in the Southwest?
11:40 AM
12:20 PM
Requirements When Building Out Your Data Center: What Enterprises Should be Asking For
Today’s customer demands are more complex and sophisticated than ever before. What are enterprises looking for given their applications and protocols that are in place today? How are enterprises and data center operators working together to provide the best possible product?
12:20 PM
12:30 PM
Post-Event Networking

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