Bisnow’s Largest Data Center Event
What Will Be Discussed Across 18 Panels and Three Full Days of Content:
- Global Industry Growth: Data center infrastructure spending is expected to surpass $1 trillion annually by 2029. How are investors and developers bracing for this pace of growth?
- Artificial Intelligence Hype Cycle: Where are we in the AI hype cycle? Will demand continue to reach new highs or will it slow down in 2025?
- Market Dynamics: The dynamics of the largest data center market in the world, Northern Virginia, and other primary markets are changing — what are the ripple effects for stakeholders and secondary markets?
- Supply Chain: What are developers and service providers doing to manage the chronic supply chain challenges? How have they adjusted their processes for this “new normal”?
- Design and Construction: How are developers changing their approach to meet the unprecedented demand within budget and on time?
- Sustainability: How are data center developers and operators actively addressing the sustainability challenges and minimizing their environmental footprints? Is there a sense of urgency?
- High-Performance Computing: What can we learn from power-hungry, high-performance computing technologies? What does it mean for the industry?
- Future-Proof Engineering: How are engineering practices and applications changing to adapt to today’s needs? What are the current misconceptions?
- Rack Densities and Cooling: What market factors are driving demand for higher power densities in the rack? What are the implications for the ecosystem and changes in cooling strategies?
- Capital Markets: How much more capital will flow into this market? Is more M&A on the horizon?
- Innovation: What will be the future innovations and big ideas that will shape this industry for the next three to five years?
- …And A Lot More!
About Megan Baird, PE
