Event Agenda
Explore the Conversations Driving America’s AI Infrastructure Future
From power and energy to cooling, construction, operations, and leadership strategy, Data Center Americas delivers practical insights for the professionals building the next generation of digital infrastructure.
The rapid growth of AI is creating unprecedented demand for data center capacity, power, cooling, and operational excellence. Data Center Americas brings together industry leaders to share strategies, lessons learned, and forward-looking perspectives on the challenges shaping the future of digital infrastructure.
Explore the agenda to discover keynotes, educational sessions, panel discussions, and networking opportunities designed to help attendees navigate an evolving industry landscape.
Opening Keynote: Scaling at Unprecedented Speed: Supply Chain Imperatives for the AI Data Center Era
AI is fundamentally changing the scale and speed at which data center infrastructure must be delivered. Join Keynote speaker Shiv Dadhich as he explores how supply chains must evolve from reactive procurement to proactive capacity…
Topic/Track: Keynote
Panel: How To Scale Energy (BYOP, Grid Investments) to Unlock Power Capacity for Hypercale Data Centers in the AI Growth Era
As hyperscale and AI data centers face growing power constraints, bringing energy resources closer to the load is emerging as a potential path to accelerate capacity. This panel will explore Bring Your Own Energy (BYOE)…
Topic/Track: Energizers
Power Without the Queue: Why Small-Scale Advanced Fission and Fusion Belong Next to the Data Center
U.S. data center growth is running into limits on power, time and community acceptance, and nuclear energy could address all three. In this fireside chat, Zap Energy CEO Zabrina Johal and former NRC commissioner Jeffrey…
Topic/Track: Energizers
Sustainability and Best Practices for Water Efficiency
As AI clusters scale rapidly, data center cooling architectures are evolving beyond traditional air-cooled systems toward liquid cooling, immersion, hybrid adiabatic systems, and advanced facility water loops. Existing sustainability metrics such as WUE and PUE…
Topic/Track: Coolers
Is 2027 The Year of Inference?
JLL predicts that inference workloads could overtake training as the dominant AI requirement by 2027. This panel will explore whether that shift is on track and what the rise of inference could mean for the…
Topic/Track: Operators
Executive Perspectives: The Land Before Time: The Tectonic Shift Transforming Data Centers for the AI Era
The data center industry has undergone an extraordinary transformation—from traditional computing facilities to hyperscale digital infrastructure powering the global economy. Few places exemplify this evolution more powerfully than Loudoun County, Virginia, where explosive growth has…
Topic/Track: Builders
Stop Designing End States: How AI Data Centers Are Built as Evolving Energy Systems
How can AI data centers secure power today while preparing for tomorrow’s demands? This session introduces the Structured Transition Model, a phased approach to power infrastructure that balances speed, reliability and long-term decarbonization. Explore how…
Topic/Track: Energizers
The Human Grid: Quantifying Labor Bottlenecks and CapEx Risk Across Hyperscale Campuses
As AI and cloud demand accelerates, the next major data center bottleneck isn’t just power—it’s people and communities. Labor shortages across construction and operations threaten project timelines, strain local supply chains, and challenge the delivery…
Topic/Track: Builders
Social License to Operate: Earning Community Trust in the AI Infrastructure Boom
As AI-driven data center development accelerates, community support is becoming critical to getting projects built. Concerns about power demand, water use, noise, and land use can create opposition that threatens project timelines and long-term success.…
Topic/Track: Builders
Beyond the Core Markets: Where Should the Next Wave of AI Data Centers Be Built?
With primary data center markets facing constraints in power availability, cost, and scalability, secondary markets are emerging as important hubs for the next wave of AI infrastructure. This session explores what makes a market viable…
Topic/Track: Builders
Keynote: Building the AI Factory: How a Franchise Model is Paving the Way
As surging compute demand outpaces traditional data center timelines, building for the future demands a fresh approach. In this keynote, Applied Digital CEO and Co-Founder Wes Cummins reveals how the company's franchise-style blueprint is pioneering…
Topic/Track: Keynote
The Social License to Build: Securing Community Trust for the Next Generation of Data Centers
The data center industry is racing to meet unprecedented demand, but its ability to scale is increasingly constrained by something that cannot be solved through engineering or capital alone: public acceptance. Across the U.S. and…
Topic/Track: Builders
Panel: Nuclear Deployment for AI at Scale
AI is creating unprecedented demand for reliable, high-density power, putting new pressure on the data center industry to find energy solutions that can scale quickly. This panel will examine the practical path toward nuclear-powered data…
Topic/Track: Energizers
Waste to Data: Power, Cooling and AI Capacity
The expansion of AI infrastructure is creating challenges that go well beyond access to electricity. This session explores Waste to Data, an approach developed in Brazil that integrates urban waste recovery, firm power, cooling and…
Topic/Track: Energizers
Executive Fireside Chat: Powering AI - How Project Finance and M&A Are Reshaping Data Center Development
Artificial intelligence is transforming data center development, financing, and acquisitions. As hyperscale demand accelerates, reliable power has become critical to project viability, investment decisions, and transaction strategy. This session will explore how project finance and…
Topic/Track: Energizers
