Our 2024 Conference Programme Includes

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Data Centre Design and Build & Physical Security Theatre
  1. Reshaping the Industry Narrative: From Toxic Dumps to Climate Change Champion, becoming the career path of choice
    Join us for a Panel Discussion featuring prominent industry experts as they delve into reshaping the narrative, transforming the perception from 'Toxic Dumps' to 'Essential Players in the Fight Agains ...
  2. Explore the critical factors that organisations must consider when choosing between constructing their own Data Centre or opting for a leased solution. However, when considering this choice, considera ...
  3. The Supply Chain Challenge: How valued partnerships can de-risk disruption
    Data Centre operators are facing a perfect storm. Demand for and investment in new data centres are high. But those responsible for building new sites or adapting existing ones face a trio of challeng ...
  4. Bring Your Own Power: Exploring alternative energy sources and grid support capabilities for UPS systems
    An increasing number of power utilities are unable to meet current data center power demands, and rapid digitalization and the adoption of AI and generative AI are compounding the issue. Power availab ...
  5. The combined electricity consumption of global DCs is now larger than most national electricity demands because of the hyper-exponential growth of digitalised services. A sustainable and emission free ...
  6. Winning The Grid Capacity Race
    Securing Power Connections for new Data Centre Developments with certainty. Brian Moorhead, Grid Consultancy Director at eSmart Networks, will be providing an update around power capacity on the UK’s ...
  7. As governments around the world introduce new regulations and standards to address data privacy, security, and environmental concerns, it's crucial for data centre professionals to stay informed on co ...
  8. Integrating Green Infrastructure to Increase Building Efficiencies and Carbon Attenuation
    Steve McIntyre will be representing Viritopia and will join other industry experts to discuss the integration of different green infrastructure schemes to increase building efficiencies and carbon att ...
  9. The Path to Lower Thermal Resistance with Liquid Cooling Solutions
    Liquid cooling has become increasingly recognized as an essential technology for data centres, especially with the rise of  AI. Those applications often involve high-power processing units that genera ...
Data Centre World Keynote : Global Strategies: People, Environment & Innovation
  1. The panel brings together senior policymakers, procurement managers, and data centre executives to dissect the intricate challenges and forward-looking opportunities in procuring environmentally susta ...
  2. Meeting Data Centers Demand Driven by AI
    The rise of Artificial Intelligence has brought about significant demand for data cere capacity. AI workloads will continue to grow in prominence as large capacity training clusters as but also need t ...
  3. There is a burgeoning demand for Data Centre capacity fuelled by several requirements including AI, 5G, gaming and the further digitisation of business. But with a growing list of constraints and unce ...
  4. This session explores how to future- proof Data Centre electrical infra and regulations driving solutions. We will explore how to stay carbon neutral, new technologies supporting sustainability goals; ...
  5. Are DCs losing the PR battle? Why does it matter?Now is your chance to hear from media and industry representatives.
  6. Overcoming Data Centre Energy Challenges
    With the ongoing need for more data centres, this industry has outgrown utilities and grid resources, creating long waiting lines to get power, proving that the old model may not be sustainable. There ...
  7. This session will tackle one of the most pressing challenges facing the data centre industry today, exploring the root causes behind the talent cap and its impact on data centre operations. Explore th ...
  8. Enhancing Data Center Uptime through Innovative Transformer Design
     Data centers require a reliable and resilient electrical supply, particularly to guard against transient voltage spikes that can potentially cause costly downtime, equipment damage, and data loss. Th ...
  9. AI and ML with the investment in Large Language Models (LLM) use cases is driving a large build out and inflection point in the design of hyperscale computational infrastructure that will include a ve ...
  10. The Thermal Tsunami: Riding the Wave of Liquid Cooling for Future Compute
    We look at the current, and future state, of high-density compute loads to discuss how this is going to impact the thermal design of data centres. We will discuss how current data centres will need to ...
  11. Our thought-provoking panel will explore how data centres are shaping the digital landscape and their role in supporting social equity, while examining the challenges and opportunities related to data ...
Energy Efficiency, Cost Management & DCIM Theatre
  1. How Datacenters need to look at Power to ensure alignment with the triple bottom line.
  2. The data centre environment is changing. Liquid cooled AI data centres are becoming the new design focus. Mainly in the US, there are currently gigawatts of liquid cooled data centre sites in developm ...
  3. Redefining Power Protection: The Uninterruptible Energy Hub – Future Proof Innovation for Sustainable, Scalable Data Centers
    In this insightful session, we explore the transformative impact of Swiss-engineered technology systems on the data center industry. We delve into how this evolution is not just about ensuring power c ...
  4. Managing Ultra-High Density Loads in your Data Centre
    Things are changing faster than ever in the data centre space, and the adoption of Generative AI applications will place even greater loads on infrastructure. The deployment of ultra high density AI r ...
  5. A look at emerging legislation and how it will impact the data centre now and in the future. Are we looking at the right things? can we trust the data? is it about compliance or change?
  6. The presentation explores the detailed energy costs associated with the training and usage of generative AI (ChatGPT alike) that uses data centres and edge nodes.  The computational requirements are p ...
  7. Many data center operators and equipment vendors anticipate that direct liquid cooling will one day become the predominant cooling approach. In this session, Uptime Institute’s Naveed Saeed (VP, Globa ...
  8. Cooling the Future with Eurovent: VERTIV and DAIKIN Applied Certified Solutions for Data Centre Excellence
    In an era where data centre efficiency is a pressing concern, stakeholders are faced with the challenge of optimising cooling processes. Join Eurovent for an illuminating session featuring VERTIV and ...
  9. Liquid is the Future of Cool - Best Practices and Case Stories
    Cooling is vital for data center performance. To handle increased power density and coping with demands for energy efficiency from sustainability reasons, liquid cooling cannot be overlooked. We explo ...
  10. Replacing the grid with sustainable carbon neutral fuelled power generation
    Solar Turbines explains how it can provide highly reliable,  economical, gird equivalent microgrid solutions using low carbon fuels.
  11. Using Energy and Sustainability to Build Competitive Advantage
    Chris Maclean is the CEO and Co-Founder of True – Powered by Open Energy Market, a company that provides energy and sustainability services to some of the largest data centres in Europe.This presentat ...
Operational Transformation & Resilience Theatre
  1. Data Centre Cables: How OT, Resilience and Sustainability go Hand in Hand
    Exploring how Responsible Procurement and Sustainability considerations can support OT and resilience throughout the data centre lifespan. Providing some key takeaways for initial specification and as ...
  2. In this session, Marientina Laina will discuss a heated topic: how is ESG regulation advancing the sustainability agenda for data centres and what are the currently perceived roadblocks? Considering m ...
  3. Digitalisation in a Data Center
    Data Center will become more and more the place to manage the digitalization of our world in business as in private life. They host extensively the growing demand of new applications. On the other sid ...
  4. Fire Protection & Batteries: How to Maintain Resilience in a Centralised and Decentralised UPSs
    In the dynamic world of data centers things are changing very fast, especially around batteries which has a knock-on effect on fire protection.  Two new battery trends are hot topics right now: centra ...
  5. New Engagement Strategies to Meet Demand: AI and the Optical Connectivity Market
    AI’s impact on hyperscale data centres The influx of AI technologies shaping modern hyperscale ecosystems is less like a wave and more like a tsunami. During a decade-plus period of increasing data ce ...
  6. Key Considerations when Providing Power in an OFCI World
    Today many hyperscale data centre builders, for part use a power train manufactured off site in a containerised modular or Pod structure. This presentation looks at the key factors that require consid ...
  7. Closed Loop Direct Recycling: How Innovations in Lithium Batteries Support the Re-use of Active Materials
    Recycling lithium-ion batteries cost effectively and safely still comes with many challenges. The two most common recycling methods, Pyrometallurgical and Hydrometallurgical processes are not very ene ...
  8. Modular Hybrid Renewable Microgrids: Fulfilling the Global Need for Green Power at Pace
    What role will microgrids play in the road to 2050? Listen in as Piller Power Systems share how hybrid renewable microgrids accelerate the energy transition, and how modular solutions could be the bes ...
  9. In February of 2024, TierPoint brought a 16MW data center online to meet their AI workload demands. Their state-of-the-art data center in PA is one of the largest ultra-high-density, single-use commer ...
  10. Data Centre Cooling Market In A Nutshell
    Representing Eurovent Market Intelligence, Beyza will delve into a comprehensive exploration of the Data Centre Cooling market. Drawing from real market data analysis and extensive research, the prese ...
  11. The data centre industry in Ireland has grown rapidly with projections showing data centres could make up 26% of Ireland’s electricity demand by 2026. This has caused issues with Regulators and System ...
Data Centre Design and Build & Physical Security Theatre
  1. From Cloud to AI: Delivering Futureproof Infrastructure Platforms with Modular, Sustainable Building Practices
    Modular / prefab building blocks have become an integral part of cloud datacenter architecture and construction philosophy. Combining the benefits of on-site construction for large data halls and spee ...
  2. The Benefits of a Modernised Power Distribution: Why Innovation is the Key to an Easy Deployment
    Seemingly simple in nature, deploying power distribution systems in the colocation retail spaces has become increasingly complex.  Uptime SLAs, architecture changes to remove raised floors,  protected ...
  3. When talking about digital real estate as data centres, questions arise how to design and build sustainable (new) facilities that contribute to the landscape. How can data centres be integrated into u ...
  4. The fireside chat will focus on Nomad Futurist's mission to demystify the data centre industry for the younger generation, delving into its significance in the context of Diversity, Equity, and Inclus ...
  5. Cooling requirements, driven by AI and similar computationally intense workloads, are driving power densities within the data center to new heights, while airflow and temperature management at the ser ...
  6. Mission Critical Challenges in the Data Centre
    This presentation will focus on the challenges data centre mission critical power solutions face around constrained grid supplies in the UK and Ireland. We will explore how this affects the selection ...
  7. The FTTH Council Europe shares the views, practical cases and initiatives from its Sustainability and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committees. The experiences from the Fibre industry are highly rel ...
  8. Data centres are key to unlocking the limitless potential of quantum compute. By leading the integration of quantum computing within colocation data centres, OQC are enabling businesses to access quan ...
Data Centre World Keynote : Global Strategies: People, Environment & Innovation
  1. In the rapidly evolving landscape of data centres, the focus on technology often overshadows the crucial role played by people and skills diversity. This session delves into the vital intersection of ...
  2. Future-proofing Data Centres: Navigating Change and Optimising Decarbonisation Strategies
    How do you ensure you're addressing the challenges of resilience and digitalisation while extending the life of your data centres and achieving your sustainability goals? This panel of industry-leadin ...
  3. Introduce the challenges and opportunities of AI in Future Telco, and discuss their impacts on Technology, business and partnerships, and innovation.
  4. Today many companies deploy sustainability programs that are focused on one or two specific aspects which significantly reduces the overall impact of the sustainability programs they deploy and their ...
  5. GE Data Centre Case Study: Power, Innovative Microgrids, Energy Efficiency and Carbon Reduction
    Data centre infrastructures need to secure a reliable electrical power system for an uninterrupted feed in a hyperscale model. But as they scale up to hundreds of megawatts, how does that work? And wh ...
  6. We are in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, where we are seeing a blurring of the boundaries between the physical, digital, and biological worlds. Data today is what steam was to the firs ...
  7. Empowering AI and Other High-Density Applications: Deploying Power Infrastructure at Scale with Ease and Speed
    The impact of High-Density Applications, like AI and HPC, on datacenter densities, power demands, and speed of deployment has become the dominant storyline in the industry. As a result, the critical p ...
  8. Hear about the amazing industry changing initiative to educate and prepare younger generations for the digital infrastructure industry, leading to new and exciting careers within it. Almost three year ...
Energy Efficiency, Cost Management & DCIM Theatre
  1. Cooling the Future with Eurovent: Trane and EVAPCO's Certified Solutions for Data Centre Excellence
    In a data-driven landscape, stakeholders grapple with the critical challenge of optimising cooling efficiency in data centers. Join Eurovent for an insightful session featuring Trane and EVAPCO, renow ...
  2. A must-attend session for anyone seeking to demystify the EU EED reporting requirements and transform compliance challenges into operational successes. Tailored specifically for data center profession ...
  3. There are those that believe AI has reached a pivotal moment, like the smartphone in the previous decade, making AI accessible to everyone. This will create a large increased demand for data center fa ...
  4. Dr Stephen Clement and Dr Kat Burdett will sit down for a fireside chat with Dr Jon Summers on the silo’d nature of Data Centres and why its important to try to move away from that outdated structure, ...
  5. Air Power: The Current & Future Role of Air in Data Centre Cooling
    This presentation will examine the significance of air in the present and evolving landscape of data centre cooling. FläktGroup will delve into the existing role of air-based cooling systems as well a ...
  6. Directing the Green Horizon: Sustainable Strategies for Minimising Carbon Footprint in Data Centres
    Explore innovative approaches, cutting-edge technologies, and best practices that are shaping the future of eco-friendly data centres. Learn from industry leaders on how they are reducing their carbon ...
  7. Solving the Power, Carbon and Cooling Trilemma in Data Centers
    Despite the existence of several technologies for servers cooling, such as servers’ immersion cooling (liquid cooling) and rear door heat exchangers, the water footprint is still an inevitable challen ...
  8. Join the exciting debate with the industry's top experts and take your vote! While some of the panel believe nuclear is the only way forward to power this industry moving forward, others oppose. Whose ...
Operational Transformation & Resilience Theatre
  1. Future-proofing Data Centre Cables: Is it ‘Sustainable’? Is it Necessary?
    Data Centre technology advances rapidly, so is it possible – or worth it – to build contingency into critical power to aid resilience? Exploring whether you should you upsize your electrical cables to ...
  2. This session explores datacentre UPS solutions – key trends and sustainable options. Exploring the widest UPS offering for datacentres & Energy storage solutions, and the revolutionary modular redunda ...
  3. Fireside Chat: Mark Froggatt Challenges the sceptics on the Real Value of Cable Testing to Data Centres
    As ex-Technical Director of BASEC, Mark knows the risks associated with cable failure – and the potential for it to happen on any given project. He talks of differences in intensity and frequency of t ...
  4. A new enhanced colo site assessment, created under the OCP Data Center Facility Project leadership of Google and Meta, specifically caters to the needs of OCP's hyperscale member companies and seeks t ...
  5. Adiabatic Liquid-cooled Hyperscale Design for Gen AI and HPC workloads, creating the blueprint for AI Infrastructure age, optimised Scope1-4, Best Water Efficiency, low energy usage, High Temperature ...
  6. In the dynamic world of data centres, the choice between internal and external maintenance can significantly impact operations and risk management. This session will explore the benefits and challenge ...
  7. A single NVidea GPU used for training Gen AI instances is expensive enough but that is nothing compared to the use phase – and it’s not just monetary either. Steve will be exploring the non-financial ...
  8. Our panel, "Financing sustainable data centres," brings together operators and investors for an engaging discussion and debate around the relationship between economic value and sustainability in data ...

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