National DICE Connectivity, Edge and Telecom
National Data Center Conference on Connectivity, Edge, and Telecom — Hosted in Virginia
Event Ended On: Wednesday October 29 2025
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Speakers and Panels
Telecom’s Place in the Evolving Digital Ecosystem
Network Infrastructure Challenges Amid Growing AI Demand
Why You Can't Miss this Conference
What You'll Learn:
- What are telecom companies actually doing with edge compute beyond the hype?
- Can running small data centers near end users become a real revenue stream for telecom companies?
- What happens to telecom business models if they fail to evolve from connectivity providers to platform orchestrators?
- Are telcos really competing with cloud giants or just supporting them at the edge?
- Is the telecom industry’s transition to open ecosystems and digital platforms too slow to keep up with the pace of artificial intelligence and edge demand?
- Why do traditional networks break under AI pressure, and what are operators doing about it right now?
- What are leading data center teams doing to handle more than 90% of a network’s usage from AI jobs without crashing?
- What’s the right amount of network infrastructure to handle the traffic between Graphics Processing Units?
- As AI and real-time applications evolve, how can the industry prevent overbuilding core infrastructure that no longer aligns with performance needs?
- What use cases demand edge compute for performance or latency and where is the core still sufficient?
- What are the actual cost and latency differences teams are seeing between edge and core deployments?
- What operational models are enabling effective integration of edge and core computing without disrupting performance?
- Are enterprises seeing tangible outcomes from edge strategies, or are these implementations primarily experimental at this stage?
- What are the long-term operational risks of managing fragmented infrastructure across edge and core without cohesive orchestration?
How You’ll Do More Business From Attending This Conference:
Explore the strategies telecoms, cloud players, and infrastructure leaders are using to meet AI-era demand. Discover where investment is heading—and how to align your business with the future of connectivity.
Who You’ll Network With:
Telecom execs, cloud and edge leaders, data center developers, network architects, infrastructure investors, and the vendors powering next-gen connectivity.
Relevant News and Developments:
Verizon launches “AI Connect” by combining edge colocation, fiber, 5G, and AI infrastructure
AT&T and Microsoft partner to roll out private 5G and edge solutions for enterprise networks
AWS expands Local Zones footprint to bring cloud closer to end users across the U.S.
Equinix announces national edge data center rollout in secondary U.S. markets
255 Data Center Stats (September 2025)
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.
Why You Should Attend:
Unlock the strategies telecom, cloud, and data center leaders are using to build faster, smarter infrastructure in an AI-driven, edge-connected world.
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Venue
The Hyatt Regency Reston
1800 Presidents St
Reston, VA 20190
Ballroom: Regency Ballroom
Agenda
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7:30 AM 8:20 AM |
Registration, Networking, and Breakfast
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8:20 AM 8:25 AM |
Opening Remarks
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8:25 AM 9:10 AM |
Telecom’s Place in the Evolving Digital Ecosystem
As the digital economy decentralizes, telecom companies find themselves at a crossroads between legacy bandwidth roles and the opportunity to become platform orchestrators. From metro edge deployments to micro data centers at tower sites, the pressure is on to innovate beyond the hype and deliver value where hyperscalers dominate. Telcos are experimenting with new infrastructure models, but questions remain about scale, sustainability, and long-term strategy. Will telecoms evolve into core digital ecosystem players or be outpaced by the very platforms they helped connect?
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9:10 AM 9:30 AM |
Networking
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9:30 AM 10:15 AM |
Network Infrastructure Challenges Amid Growing AI Demand
The explosive rise of AI is straining data center networks not built for its unique demands with irregular traffic patterns, extreme bandwidth, and unpredictable latency needs. As GPU clusters multiply and workloads scale unpredictably, classic network setups are bending under the weight. Operators are rapidly deploying switching capacity, next-gen interconnects, and energy-intensive cooling to stay ahead, but cracks are forming. Can today’s network infrastructure be reimagined fast enough to meet the bandwidth and latency requirements of an AI-native world?
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10:15 AM 11:00 AM |
Edge versus Core: Deep Dive into Deployments and Latency Strategies
Edge computing is moving from theory to reality as enterprises seek faster processing, localized data handling, and reduced latency for real-time applications. Yet, the balance between edge and core remains unclear. Some workloads demand proximity; others require the scale of centralized infrastructure. As hybrid strategies evolve, infrastructure leaders must weigh performance, cost and complexity across fragmented network layouts. How are organizations drawing the line between edge and core?
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11:00 AM 11:30 AM |
Closing Networking!
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