National DICE Construction, Design & Development - West

Why You Can't Miss this Data Center Conference

What You’ll Learn

• How Western data center developers are coordinating earlier with utilities, jurisdictions, and communities to secure power, entitlements and local support before major capital is at risk.
• What practical tactics teams are using to pressure‑test entitlement, environmental and community‑perception risk so sites don’t get delayed or derailed late in the process.
• How owners, GCs and operators are clearly defining who owns which risks across entitlement, interconnection, procurement, construction and long‑term performance.
• Which contract structures and governance models are best at aligning stakeholders around delivery outcomes instead of narrow, transactional scopes of work.
• How leading design and engineering teams are creating “bend‑don’t‑break” campuses that can absorb AI growth, liquid cooling and rising rack densities without full redesigns.
• Which power and cooling architectures, including high‑density and liquid‑cooling approaches, are proving most effective for AI and GPU‑intensive workloads in constrained Western markets.
• How modular, prefabricated and standardized building blocks are being used to accelerate speed to market from interconnection queue position to commissioning.
• What integrated planning practices help teams align utility engagement, early design, long‑lead procurement and field execution into one realistic, achievable schedule.
• How operators are balancing uptime, energy efficiency and ESG expectations while protecting budgets in increasingly power‑constrained, scrutiny‑heavy Western communities.
• Where delivery, risk and design standards are likely headed over the next 3–5 years as AI demand accelerates, grid constraints tighten and community resistance grows.

How You’ll Do More Business From Attending This Conference

• Gain actionable strategies for tying together site selection, risk allocation, AI‑ready design and speed‑to‑market—and see how Western market leaders are actually structuring projects, contracts and partnerships in the field.
• Understand practical ways to de‑risk sites by coordinating early and often with utilities, jurisdictions and communities before major capital is at risk.
• Learn how to deploy modular and prefabricated solutions that accelerate delivery while still supporting high‑density, AI‑driven workloads in constrained Western markets.​
• See how outcome‑based agreements and aligned risk frameworks can compress timelines, clarify accountability, and strengthen your platform’s position in competitive, community‑sensitive environments.
• Leave with concrete ideas, language and frameworks you can take back to your team to improve site screening, stakeholder alignment and delivery speed across your Western development pipeline.

Who You’ll Network With

• Developers, Owners & Operators — platform leaders, strategists and delivery teams planning, entitling and operating the next wave of Western data center capacity.
• Construction & Design Professionals — architects, structural and MEP engineers, GCs, trade partners and prefab specialists raising the bar on flexible, AI‑ready campuses.
• Utility & Infrastructure Partners — grid planners, interconnection specialists and energy service providers working to align large‑load projects with real‑world power constraints.
• Investors & Financial Partners — capital providers, infrastructure funds and lenders focused on risk, timelines and long‑term asset performance.finance.
• Technology & Solution Providers — innovators in liquid cooling, high‑density power, modular infrastructure and automation enabling next‑generation workloads.
• Policy, ESG & Community Stakeholders — advisors and leaders shaping permitting processes, ESG frameworks and community engagement strategies around large‑scale developments.

Why You Should Attend:
National DICE Construction, Design & Development – West is the go‑to forum for anyone building, powering or operating data centers in Western markets where power, community scrutiny and AI demand are all intensifying. With sessions that tie together real‑world site selection, risk allocation, AI‑ready design and compressed delivery timelines, this event gives you a front‑row seat to how leading teams are actually executing in today’s environment. Whether you’re evaluating new sites, rethinking delivery models or scaling high‑density capacity, you’ll benchmark your strategy against peers, pressure‑test assumptions and uncover partnerships that help you move from interconnection queue to commissioned capacity with fewer surprises.

Relevant News and Developments:

• Top 10 Data Center Industry Trends in 2026 – TierPoint
• Data Center & Colocation Services – Solution Brief
• Big Tech’s fast-expanding plans for data centers are running into stiff community opposition
• Report: Growing public resistance to data centers over power bills, water and land use
• Data centers face growing community resistance due to perception
• Vertiv launches high-density prefabricated modular data center solution
• Vertiv unveils AI-ready modular data centre with liquid cooling
• AgileCore AI Prefabricated Data Center Solution

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 or interests in becoming a speaker or sponsor, please email our global director, data centers, Adam Knobloch, at adam.knobloch@bisnow.com 

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