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7:15 am Registration, Networking & Morning Coffee
7:50 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Increasing Speed to Market Through Modularization
8:00 am Panel Discussion: Harnessing Prefabrication & Modular Design to Accelerate Gray & White Space Delivery
- Identifying which systems and components are best suited for prefabrication to reduce on-site complexity and improve installation certainty
- Developing repeatable, modular product platforms to enable mass production and support consistent delivery across multiple facilities
- Balancing standardized prefab solutions with on-site flexibility to accommodate changing customer requirements without slowing deployment
8:30 am Audience Discussion: Selecting Modular On-Site Generation & Fuel Cell Solutions to Reduce Lead Times & Preserve Deployment Flexibility
- Selecting modular generation technologies to shorten equipment delivery windows, enabling faster power availability under constrained grid conditions
- Matching generation strategies to site, fuel availability, and jurisdictional constraints to preserve feasibility, reducing approval risk and redesign
- Integrating on-site power plant interfaces into early design to accommodate islanded operation, enabling coordinated delivery of generation and data hall capacity
9:00 am Audience Discussion: Regional Considerations in Data Center Design
This session will explore how geography impacts data center design, construction, and operations across the western U.S., including climate challenges, energy sourcing, seismic considerations, and connectivity options. Attendees will share experiences and strategies for navigating regional constraints, optimizing site selection, and adapting standard designs to local conditions to ensure resilient and efficient facilities.
Climate Adaptation
Energy Sourcing
Seismic & Environmental Factors
Connectivity & Infrastructure
10:00 am Morning Refreshments & Networking
Track 1: Innovating Design Standards
Improving Infrastructure Planning & Phasing
11:00 am Improving Commissioning, Ownership of Systems & Training to Ensure Operational Readiness
- Embedding commissioning requirements into design criteria to ensure systems are engineered for testability, verification, and reliable operation
- Coordinating design disciplines around commissioning sequences to reduce integration issues and avoid late-stage modifications
- Designing systems with clear ownership, access, and documentation requirements to support smoother commissioning and predictable operational startup
- Implementing lessons learned to improve design and commissioning processes and maintain quality standard
11:30 am Retrofitting Existing Data Centers to Upgrade Legacy Infrastructure & Support High-Density & Future Technology Demands
- Assessing legacy electrical, cooling, and structural constraints to identify upgrade pathways that support higher-density deployments
- Sequencing retrofit work to maintain live operations while introducing new infrastructure with minimal disruption
- Prioritizing targeted upgrades that extend asset capability and support future technology adoption without full facility replacement
Track 2: Engineering for Building Systems
Maximizing the Spatial Coordination of
Power, Cooling, & Fiber
11:00 am Implementing Medium-Voltage Power Delivery to Reduce Equipment & Distribution Losses
- Utilizing medium-voltage power architectures to reduce equipment counts, electrical losses and lower overall distribution cost
- Designing flexible electrical topologies around uncertain and variable AI workloads to avoid stranded power and overbuilt white space
- Incorporating (Original Equipment Manufacturer) OEM load data, cabling weight, and cooling distribution into early structural and layout design to prevent late-stage rework and capacity constraints
11:30 am Integrating Fiber & Connectivity into Data Center Design to Enable AI-Scale Performance & Reduce Latency Constraints
- Coordinating mechanical infrastructure, including airflow and cable tray layouts, to accommodate high-density fiber pathways without compromising cooling performance
- Aligning cooling distribution and rack airflow strategies with fiber and equipment layouts to maintain thermal stability while supporting low-latency connectivity
- Planning redundant mechanical and pathway integration to ensure reliable environmental conditions for latency-sensitive AI equipment and prevent hotspots or airflow conflicts
12:00 pm Networking Lunch Break
Creating Clarity for Future Programs
1:00 pm Q&A Panel: What Does the Future of Data Center Design Look Like?
EWhat does the AI revolution mean for the physical footprint of data centers? Is the era of air cooling officially over? Will data centers be powered by nuclear in the near-future? Will the rise of edge decentralize the cloud as we know it? Where will we be in 5 years?
Join this Q&A panel with leading design experts and get your burning questions answered.
1:30 pm Synthesizing Design, Engineering & Operational Insights to Define Clear Next Steps for Future Data Center Programs
- Merging insights from delivering data centers, AI factories, and advanced tech environments to clarify how design teams can better simplify complexity and align with engineering and operational priorities
- Reframing lessons learned from integrated architecture, workplace, and infrastructure projects into forward-looking principles for scalable, high-performance data center ecosystems
- Defining clear next steps for aligning master planning, core-shell design, and delivery strategies to support faster, more adaptable data center programs in an AI-driven landscape