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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!
Are you an end user?
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
Craig Tavares
President, COO
BUZZ HPC
Adam Banack
Partner
Mintz
Michael Borron
AVP, Global Data Center Advisory Group
Cushman & Wakefield
Jeffrey Moerdler
Partner & Chair, Data Center & Digital Infrastructure
Haynes and Boone
Craig Sievenpiper
VP, Science + Technology
H.H. Angus and Associates Ltd.
Randy Borron
Vice Chairman, Global Data Center Advisory Group
Cushman & Wakefield
Why You Need To Be At the Canadian Data Centre Conference and Expo
Why This Matters
Canada's pitch to global data center capital used to be simple: cheaper power, more available land, less friction than the US. That pitch is being rewritten in real time. Ontario, Alberta, Quebec and BC have each moved to ration power to data centers in the last year, institutional capital has split between funds moving in aggressively and funds walking away on price, and equipment lead times are now creating as much schedule risk as grid access. If you're making a decision about where to build, lease, invest or supply into this market, you need a current read on where growth is actually happening, how projects are getting powered under new provincial rules, and what's changing in the contracts and construction timelines that get a project from ground to grand opening. DICE Canada brings the people solving these problems from every angle, engineering, legal, capital, construction and procurement, onto one stage.
What You'll Learn
Where Toronto, Montreal and Calgary are diverging as markets, and what's actually driving demand and capital allocation in each
Why some of Canada's largest institutional investors are moving into data center infrastructure aggressively while others are publicly walking away on price
How developers are designing around provincial power rationing, from on-site generation to behind-the-meter deals, and what's changing in the contracts that structure them
What's actually sitting on a twelve-month lead time right now, and how procurement delays are reshaping lease terms and MSAs that were never built to account for them
Where the real risk sits when power and equipment both become conditional, and who ends up bearing it in the deal structure
What the next twelve to eighteen months look like for Canadian data center growth, and which assumptions from the last few years no longer hold
Who You'll Network With
Investors and capital allocators active in Canadian digital infrastructure, developers and owners with projects underway in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and BC, engineers and technical consultants specializing in mission-critical and power infrastructure, energy and real estate counsel, general contractors and equipment suppliers, utility and grid-adjacent stakeholders, and operators and tenant-side representatives navigating leases and MSAs in a constrained market.
For questions or interests in becoming a speaker or sponsor, please email our global director, data centers, Adam Knobloch, at adam.knobloch@bisnow.com
To request disability-related accommodations, please contact ally.araco@bisnow.com no later than seven business days prior to the event.
Agenda
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7:30 AM
8:25 AM
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Registration, Breakfast, and Networking
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8:25 AM
8:30 AM
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Welcome and Opening Remarks
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8:30 AM
9:15 AM
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The Canadian Data Center Market: Where Growth, Capital and Policy Actually Stand
A wide-angle look at where demand, investment and provincial policy are heading across Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and beyond, and where the old assumptions no longer hold. |
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9:15 AM
9:45 AM
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Networking Break
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9:45 AM
10:30 AM
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Powering the Boom: Grid Strategy, On-Site Generation and the Deals Behind Them
With Ontario, Alberta, Quebec and BC all rationing capacity differently, securing power now touches engineering, utility negotiation, legal structuring and capital all at once. A cross-disciplinary look at how projects actually get powered in 2026. |
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10:30 AM
11:15 AM
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From Ground to Grand Opening: Construction, Procurement and the Deals That Get Projects Built
Equipment lead times, labor constraints and leasing structures are all colliding on the same timeline. Builders, suppliers and dealmakers on what it actually takes to deliver a project on schedule right now. |
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11:15 AM
11:30 AM
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Post Panel Networking
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Venue
Hyatt Regency Toronto
370 King Street West
Toronto Ontario, M5V 1J9
Ballroom/Floor: Regency ABC / Mezzanine Level
Parking Rates:
Up to C$40.00
Public Drive-Up Parking Rate Daytime (Mon–Fri, in after 5:00 AM, out by 7:00 PM): C$12.00
Tickets
Super Early Bird
$209.00 /ticket
Save the most on the final registration price by registering now!
Owners/Operators, Developers, Investors & Hyperscalers Pass
To qualify for this rate, your company must be one of the following types and have substantial data center assets under management (AUM) or publicly planned:
- 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.
AECs, GCs & Utility Contractors Pass
$124.50 /ticket
To qualify for this rate, 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.