Conference Day 2 | July 30, 2025
7:30 am Check-In & Networking
8:00 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Optimizing Speed & Efficiency
8:10 am Working With Utilities to Communicate Power Requirements & Create Accurate Designs for Optimal Connectivity
Synopsis
- Working with local utilities to understand the optimal site location to tap into available power whilst meeting other facility requirements, creating a realistic energy plan
- Defining how much power is really needed for your facility to evaluate your demands to local utilities
- Establishing how best to communicate, advise and collaborate with utility providers of all standards to expedite connectivity
8:50 am Leveraging FRP/Composite Materials to Accelerate Installation Speed & Reduce Carbon Footprint
Synopsis
- Explore how modular/brick-built data centers are using lightweight, high-performing, non-conductive FRP/Composite solutions
- Gaining insights into how FRP/Composite materials contribute to significant carbon savings, enhancing sustainability while reducing future maintenance costs.Â
- Discovering the benefits of using FRP/Composite materials to accelerate installation processes and maximize
9:20 am Understanding End User Requirements to Deliver to Expectations & Prevent Rework
Synopsis
- Aligning on strategies to define end-user requirements for equipment, structure, technology and business goals to deliver accurate designs and prevent costly rework
- Defining accurate power usage for your end-user and the precise redundancy required for optimal operations
- Addressing supplier innovations and emerging market disruptors that could impact future equipment availability and their design choices
- Exploring how to manage changes in facility requirements throughout design to deliver value and mitigate the need for rework
10:00 am Morning Refreshments & Innovation Slam
Synopsis
Grab a coffee and connect with the industry's leading owners and supply chain partners at the innovation slam where we will showcase the latest innovations that can transform your facility designs.
Accelerating Sustainable, Resilient & Efficient Data Centers
10:50 am Panel Discussion: Designing for Sustainable Materials to Build Greener & More Resilient Data Centers
Synopsis
- Exploring how selecting sustainable materials can go beyond reducing environmental impact to enhance the long-term resilience of data centers
- Understanding the challenges and opportunities in sourcing low-carbon, recycled and circular materials while balancing cost, durability, and performance requirements
- Learning how to integrate sustainable material strategies from design through construction, ensuring compliance with green building standards and corporate sustainability goals
11:30 am Fireside Chat: Exploring Best Practices for Maximizing Fluid Performance & Minimizing Risk in Direct to Chip Applications During Commissioning & Ongoing Operations
Synopsis
- Discussing the common missteps that often delay or cause challenges for commissioning direct to chip applications
- Exploring effective solutions and equipment to enable proper fluid management and effective heat transfer
- Cross-sharing the ongoing research efforts that can support the scalability of direct to chip applications across data centers
12:00 pm Addressing Safety, Security and Reliability of your Data Center Battery Backup Power
Synopsis
- Understanding the option available as power demand increases and use case changes with AI
- Interaction and integration of your battery system for real time monitoring
- Establishing and maintaining your battery system to insure reliability and system integrity
12:10 pm Networking Lunch
Ensuring Project Success
1:10 pm Panel Discussion: Maximizing Prefabrication in Early Design Decision-Making to Increase Speed & Reduce Costs
Synopsis
- Using data to share how we harnessed prefabrication to accelerate project timelines, reduces costs and drive productivity
- Understanding the key design requirements needed to optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of prefabrication
- Sharing best practices for designing data centers that effectively incorporate prefabricated components: revealing the components and processes that were optimal for prefabrication and where limitations resulted in diverting traditional construction
1:50 pm Exploring Next-Gen Data Center Power That Will Mitigate Technical Challenges & Align Design with AIDriven Demands
Synopsis
- Learning how to address voltage transients, harmonics, and switching surges through advanced engineering while ensuring high uptime in modern data centers
- Discover how evolving power demands are transforming transformer specifications, thermal management, and material selection for efficiency and reliability
- Gain strategies to streamline construction timelines, leverage standardization and align early-stage engineering decisions with industry standards for scalable, flexible, and safe infrastructure
2:20 pm Developing your Design Team to Effectively Meet Demands at Speed Without Reducing Quality
Synopsis
- Ensuring yours and your partners’ engineers and designers stay informed on industry advancements to proactively innovate
- Addressing the risks of poor coordination from junior teams in design drawings to prevent future construction issues, delays, and costly change orders
- Discovering strategies for developing and retaining top design talent, fostering a skilled and forward-thinking team to support long-term success