Where US data centers are built, connected, and powered

Fairmont Austin, Texas
31 August - 2 September 2027 | Pre-event activities: 30 August

Co-located With Metro Connect Fall 2026

Logo of Metro Connect Fall

3,000+
Senior Leaders and Decision Makers
70%
C-level, VP & Director Attendees
40%
Hyperscale, Data Centre Operators & Energy
150%
Year-on-Year Growth

One C-level Platform for the Full Digital Infrastructure Stack

Thank you to our 2026 Speakers

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Nancy Novak

Chief Innovation Officer, Compass Datacenters
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Marc Ganzi

Chief Executive Officer, DigitalBridge
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Lindsey Bruner

Chief Operating Officer, CLEANARC DATA CENTERS
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Sachin Jain

Chief Operating Officer, Coreweave, Inc.
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Venkat Tirupati

Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, ERCOT
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Shawn Smith

VP Energy Infrastructure & Grid Development, Lambda, Inc
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Swati Mehra

Director Datacentre Operations, Global - CO+I, Microsoft Corp
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Todd Hillman

SVP and Chief Customer Officer, MISO

Who You Can Meet

Participating companies include:

A corporate logo grid compiled on a white background. The image includes logos for prominent global brands: AWS, Blackstone, ByteDance, Chevron, Constellation, CoreWeave, Crusoe, CyrusOne, Digital Realty, Crown Castle, Equinix, ERCOT, EdgeConneX, Duos Edge AI, ExxonMobil, Google, KKR, Goldman Sachs, Meta, NVIDIA, Oracle, Microsoft, Oklo, and Zayo.

Job titles include:

  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Chief Development Officer
  • Chief Investment Officer
  • Chief Strategy Officer
  • Chief Data Center Officer
  • Chief Revenue Officer
  • Chief Energy Officer
  • Chief Network Officer
  • SVP North America
  • SVP Network Engineering
  • VP Capacity Management
  • Principal, Asset Management
  • Vice President, Digital Infrastructure
  • Vice President, Energy
  • Head of Fiber Infrastructure

Seniority:

30%
Data center, neocloud and hyperscale

 

70%
C-Level

 

1,000+
Companies expected

 

What Makes Datacloud USA Different?

A true leadership-focused event.

With 70% of attendees at C-Level, Datacloud USA connects the decision-makers driving investment, partnerships and growth across digital infrastructure.

Every sector is here.

Datacloud USA brings together every stakeholder involved in AI and data center buildout - not just data center operators. Expect senior decision-makers from hyperscalers, neoclouds, fiber, energy, finance, network infrastructure, regulators, and beyond.

At the heart of the action in Texas.

Power, capital, fiber and data centers are aligning at unprecedented speed - and Texas sits at the center. Datacloud USA connects you with the people building and financing the next generation of AI infrastructure in the heart of the Lone Star State.

What's New This Year?

Investment and Finance Forum: Where CEOs and CFOs connect with financial sponsors

Neocloud Forum: Neocloud decision-makers and their ecosystem partners converge in Texas to lay out the roadmap to AI infrastructure growth

Nuclear for AI Forum: Accelerating next-gen power solutions to meet AI demand

Expanded Golf Tournament: Step away from the boardroom and into a friendly competition setting where connections deepen, ideas flow, and partnerships take shape naturally.

Two exhibition & meeting floors: Expanded space for attendees, decisions, and deal-making

Key Themes for 2026

Power and time to power

Grid bottlenecks, interconnection queues, and new supply models are now the defining constraint on AI scale. From on-site generation and nuclear pathways to storage and ERCOT dynamics - this is the new battleground for growth.
AI demand

Inference growth, agentic workflows, and enterprise AI adoption are reshaping infrastructure demand. What does the next phase of compute look like?

As capital floods into digital infrastructure, LP expectations, return profiles, and deal structures are shifting. Who is deploying fastest - and who is deploying smartest? 
Texas

Texas has become the focal point for U.S. AI infrastructure - driven by policy, land, energy availability and capital inflows. What comes next as demand accelerates and constraints emerge? 
Power and time to power

From liquid to immersion, how do we push the limits of what’s physically possible to meet AI demand?
AI demand

From NIMBYism to permitting delays and grid policy, local dynamics are increasingly dictating where and how projects move forward - and at what speed.
Infrastructure convergence

The boundaries between sectors are disappearing. Winning strategies now require alignment across the full stack.
Texas

Operationally, the stack is fragmenting. Strategically it’s converging.  

Why Texas and Why Austin?

Austin is the home of Datacloud USA for a reason. Texas is now the most important market for data centers and digital infrastructure in the United States - the place where power, capital, fiber and data centers are aligning at unprecedented speed.

Austin's a great place to spend a few days, too - and the Datacloud USA experience lets you enjoy everything the city has to offer.

Pick your starting point: the market, or the city.

Thanks to our 2026 Sponsors

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