Explore the Agenda
7:00 am Registration, Networking & Morning Coffee
7:55 am Advancing Data Centers Opening Remarks
8:00 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Unlocking Growth Through Land & Power
8:10 am Keynote Panel Discussion: Defining Owner Requirements to Enable Scalable, Future-Ready Data Center Delivery
- Establishing clear performance, density, and resilience standards to guide consistent design decisions across expanding portfolios
- Balancing speed to market with long-term scalability to ensure technical standards support both immediate deployment and future growth
- Aligning commercial, operational, and engineering priorities internally to reduce friction and maintain certainty across multisite programs
8:40 am Aligning Site Strategy, Land Economics & Utility Infrastructure to Enable Scalable Data Center Development
- Adapting campus design to regional land availability, permitting complexity, and brownfield constraints to manage development risk and control upfront capital exposure
- Forecasting utility capacity and substation infrastructure years in advance to align transmission-level supply with long-term data center growth
- Integrating grid studies, electrical distribution strategy, and overall site planning to deliver scalable, reliable power at gigawatt scale
9:40 am Speed Networking & Morning Refreshments
Track 1: Innovating Design Standards
Maintaining Momentum from Design to Build
10:20 am Panel Discussion: Exploring Early Design Engagement & Evolving Delivery Models to Improve Collaboration & Reduce Delivery Risk
- Engaging architects, engineers, contractors, and key end users earlier in the project lifecycle to surface constraints sooner and reduce downstream coordination risk
- Evaluating design-build and integrated delivery models to accelerate decision-making and improve accountability between design and construction teams
- Structuring contracts, incentives, and risk allocation to support early collaboration and reduce cost and schedule exposure as scope evolves
10:50 am Using Early Feasibility Studies & Upfront Design Decisions to Validate Infrastructure Choices & Preserve Flexibility Under Uncertainty
- Aligning end users, architects, engineers, and builders around shared density assumptions and delivery constraints enabling faster front-end decision-making and reducing late-stage redesign
- Designing adaptable power, cooling, and structural frameworks allowing evolving density and technology requirements to be absorbed without rework or capacity loss
- Assessing emerging power supply and infrastructure technologies at the front-end improving feasibility clarity and reducing the risk of stranded or incompatible systems
11:20 am Managing Late-Stage Design Changes to Minimize Cost Impacts & Maintain Delivery Schedules
- Establishing clear change management processes to efficiently capture, approve and document scope changes
- Assessing downstream schedule and procurement impacts of design changes to make informed trade-offs under delivery pressure
- Coordinating end users, architects, engineers, and delivery teams around locked decisions to maintain momentum and protect critical path schedules
Track 2: Engineering for Building Systems
Maximizing Cooling Efficiency
10:20 am Panel Discussion: Evaluating Different Liquid Cooling Architectures to Match Rack Density Requirements & Evolving Equipment Form Factors
- Comparing liquid-to-chip, rear-door, and immersion cooling approaches to match rack density requirements
- Evaluating liquid cooling architectures against rack layouts, power ranges, and equipment form factors to avoid redesign and support future scalability
- Comparing the cost, efficiency, and constructability of different liquid cooling solutions to select approaches that balance performance with deployment practicality
10:50 am Audience Discussion: Transitioning From Air to Liquid Cooling to Support High-Density Loads
- Identifying the performance and density drivers pushing facilities beyond the limits of air-cooled systems to inform when liquid cooling becomes necessary and guide peers in planning upgrades efficiently
- Exploring rack-level liquid cooling to address point heat loads while maintaining legacy air infrastructure to enable higher densities without full system replacement
- Defining hybrid strategies that balance air and liquid-cooled systems to allow flexible integration and minimize operational risk during transitions
- Preparing operations teams with targeted training and processes to manage parallel air and liquid systems and ensure safe, reliable facility performance
11:20 am Scaling CDU-Led Liquid Cooling and Heat Exchange Systems to Support Higher AI Densities While Preserving Long-Term Operability
- Designing CDU-led liquid cooling systems to manage higher AI thermal loads, enabling sustained high-density rack deployments
- Integrating CDUs and heat exchangers into white space layouts to simplify access and redundancy, reducing maintenance risk as liquid cooling scales
- Sizing liquid loops and heat exchangers for future density growth to increase design flexibility, supporting heavier AI deployments over time
12:20 pm Networking Lunch Break
Improving Sustainability & Environmental Compliance
1:20 pm Setting Water-Positive Design Standards Amid Constrained Resources to Enable Sustainable Data Center Development
- Applying adiabatic and advanced water treatment technologies to lower operational water use
- Integrating alternative water sourcing and reuse strategies into cooling design to reduce environmental impact and maintain operational viability where municipal supply is constrained
- Selecting site-specific cooling approaches based on climate and regulatory pressure to enable viable deployment without overcommitting to a single solution
1:50 pm Case Study: Integrating Environmentally Conscious Energy Sourcing & Solutions to Reduce Emissions & Strengthen Power Resilience
- Prioritizing fuel cells over fossil fuel generation to reduce local emissions while maintaining reliable on-site power capacity
- Using natural gas as a transitional source to enable near-term delivery while preserving optionality for future nuclear or zerocarbon power
- Evaluating nuclear and advanced generation options within phased power strategies to support long-term capacity needs and meet customer sustainability expectations under grid and policy uncertainty
Ensuring Power Availability Under Constrained Infrastructure
1:20 pm Case Study: Optimizing Power Generation Equipment Selection & Sizing to Accelerate Deployment
- Selecting appropriately sized generation equipment to balance immediate capacity needs with future scalability and avoid over- or under-provisioning
- Comparing generation technologies and configurations to improve deployment speed while maintaining reliability and operational efficiency
- Aligning equipment selection with installation and commissioning timelines to support earlier energization and operational readiness
1:50 pm Deploying On-Site Power Generation to Reduce Grid Dependency & Maintain Continuous Data Center Operations
- Integrating on-site generation into early power planning to reduce reliance on utility timelines and mitigate the risk of delayed grid availability
- Designing facilities with on-site generation as a core power source to maintain operational continuity during grid instability or outages
- Incorporating on-site generation into overall electrical design to improve resilience, flexibility, and long-term power security across the facility
2:50 pm Afternoon Refreshments & Networking
Streamlining Approvals Through Community & Government Buy-in
3:30 pm Fire-Side Chat: Proactively Managing Community & Economic Engagement to Build Trust & Align Data Center Development with Local Priorities
- Engaging communities prior to permit submission to address misinformation early and reduce the risk of approval delays
- Using early acoustic and environmental analysis to guide equipment selection and design decisions and minimize objections while meeting local ordinance
- Integrating community needs and quantified economic benefits into project planning to positively shape public perception and deliver lasting local value
4:00 pm Aligning Design Standards with Local AHJ & Community Expectations to Reduce Approval Risk & Maintain Project Schedules
- Reviewing regional AHJ and community requirements and engaging authorities early to align interpretations and adapt design standards before compliance issues emerge
- Integrating permitting and entitlement considerations into early planning to reduce approval uncertainty and protect delivery timelines
- Standardizing flexibility within design frameworks to accelerate approvals while maintaining consistency across multi-region portfolios