2026 Agenda

The agenda for Datacloud USA 2026 is currently under development, in partnership with the people leading the industry - below is the 2025 agenda to give you an idea of what to expect.

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09:00
  1. Nuclear for AI Summit
    The Nuclear for AI Summit is a high level, invitation only gathering designed to accelerate the deployment of advanced nuclear energy to meet rapidly growing AI driven power demand. Developed by Datac …
14:00
  1. Digital Infrastructure Leaders' Summit
16:00
17:00
  1. Welcome Drinks Reception
08:00
  1. Investor Breakfast Roundtable
    This roundtable will unite financing and investment teams from operators, neoclouds, and hyperscalers, with select PE firms and bankers for a facilitated discussion around data center investment. Topi …
  2. Talent in Digital Infrastructure Breakfast
    Invite-only, open to Talent in digital infrastructure cohort only
09:00
  1. Opening Remarks
09:10
  1. Opening Address
09:30
  1. Keynote Address - AI data centers: from the view of a hyperscaler
09:50
  1. Futuristic fireside chat – Data centers in space: the next frontier?
    With terrestrial data centers consuming 1.5% of global power, and with pressure rising on the already-strained grid, major tech companies are looking to new solutions for achieving their data storage …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Stephen Eisele
    Stephen Eisele, Chief Executive Officer - Lonestar Data Holdings
10:20
  1. Keynote panel: Behind-the-meter and on-time: the BYOP playbook for 2026
    The greatest challenge to expanding AI data centers continues to be accessed to power and grid connections. Initiatives backed by PJM states and the Data Center Coalition (DCC) incentivise obtaining g …
11:00
  1. Networking Break
    VIP Meetup
    This is a unique opportunity for our VIP pass holders and keynote speakers to connect over refreshments, behind closed doors, unpacking the key takeaways from the keynote sessions. 
11:30
    Panel – From forecast to reality: mapping long-term data center growth
    All forecasts show phenomenal growth in US data center power requirements, with the sector set to make up an ever more significant portion of total national electricity consumption. With the face of A …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Todd Hillman
    Todd Hillman, Senior VP and Chief Customer Officer - Midcontinent Independent System Operator
    Speaker image for Vibhu Kaushik
    Vibhu Kaushik, Managing Director Global Energy - BlackRock
    Panel - Fast-track delivery: constructing data centers at scale and pace
    Speed-to-market is the key priority when it comes to hyperscale deployment, driven by rising compute demand and capacity expansion needs.   How is surging compute demand reshaping capacity planning an …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Matt Coffel
    Matt Coffel, Chief Commercial and Innovation Officer - Mission Critical Group
    Speaker image for Navid Ariaban
    Navid Ariaban, Managing Director; Construction, Projects & Assets - FTI CONSULTING
12:00
  1. Executive Roundtable
    A chance to run your own roundtable with up to select 25 participants.  
12:10
    Panel - Flexible grid interconnection in practice: contractual, strategic and economic considerations
    Flexible, non‑firm interconnection models offer a potential solution to bypass bottlenecks created by time limited grid constraints. But how can such models work in practice – contractually, operation …
    Panel – Keeping it cool: evaluating air, liquid and hybrid approache
    Increasing AI rack densities are driving the adoption of hybrid air-liquid cooling, with direct-to-chip cooling leading near-term. This panel explores:    • From interconnection to interoperability: w …
13:00
  1. Lunch
  2. Women in Digital Infrastructure Lunch
14:00
    Presentation
    Presentation
14:15
    Panel - Engineering natural gas for AI‑scale data centers: From fast ramping to futureproofing
    Natural gas has become the near‑term technology of choice to meet surging data‑center power needs, with operators turning to behind‑the‑meter turbines and engines to secure firm capacity quickly.  Yet …
    Panel: Off-the-shelf to on-site: modular innovations in hyperscale deployment
    The modular data center market is set to grow from $32.4billion to $85.2billion between 2024-2030, according to Research & Markets, largely driven by the surge in edge DCs needed for interference appl …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Doug Recker
    Doug Recker, President and Founder - Duos Edge AI
15:00
    Presentation
    The neocloud meetup
    This session unites visionaries and leaders driving AI innovation from the next generation of players – the neoclouds. This will be an interactive, facilitated discussion, followed by refreshments and …
    Presentation
15:15
    Panel - Navigating supply chain challenges in energizing data centers: strategies that work
    On the BYOP side, developers face long‑lead gas‑turbine backlogs, constrained EPC capacity, and new metal/component tariffs that complicate budgets and timelines. On the grid‑connection side, multi‑ye …
    Panel
16:00
  1. Networking Break
16:30
    Panel – Alternative energy pathways: powering the next generation of data centers
    More than 40% of today’s data centers are powered by natural gas, according to the IEA. While solar and other renewable sources only account for 24%, this energy mix is likely to change as tech compan …
    Panel - Quantum is coming: how digital infrastructure must evolve
    McKinsey announced quantum computing could generate up to $97 billion in revenue from $4billion in 2024, and stories released publicly shows the move towards commercial quantum data centers, but there …
17:30
  1. Drinks Reception
09:25
  1. Opening Remarks
09:30
  1. Keynote Address
09:50
  1. Keynote panel: Texas at the helm of America’s AI dominance
    Texas data center investments have been attracted by competitive electricity prices, business-friendly policies, and rapid interconnection speeds. ERCOT projects that peak summer power demand could ap …
10:40
  1. Keynote panel: From hype to hook‑up: Making nuclear real for AI‑scale data centers
    Co‑location with existing nuclear shows one near‑term pathway, while SMRs remain non‑operational for U.S. data centers and face licensing, fuel, and schedule hurdles. This session cuts past the talkin …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Arquelle Shaw
    Arquelle Shaw, President Americas - EQUINIX
11:10
  1. Networking Break
11:40
    BYOG+BESS reality check: what’s working, what isn’t and what’s next?
    A two-part session featuring four rapid-fire project spotlights followed by expert panel interrogation    BYOG and BESS for data centers are widely talked about, but far fewer projects actually exist  …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Sam Wolankse
    Sam Wolankse, Senior Director of Sales, Data Centers - EPC Power
    Panel: On-time, real-time, and up-time: operational resilience within the DC
    Power is increasingly dominating priorities as we expand into building AI data centers, and for good reason. This doesn’t mean we should detract focus from resiliency and leveraging the tools and tech …
12:20
    Panel: The economy of neoclouds: what’s next for GPU-aaS?
    The total addressable GPU-as-a-service market is expected to grow at 35% a year, reaching $260 billion by 2030. Given the lower-price point for enterprise, data sovereignty benefits, and proximity to …
13:00
  1. Lunch
  2. Power Hour
14:30
  1. Town Hall: Overcoming NIMBYism and expediting permitting
    This town hall gives delegates the chance to hear candid insights from data center developers, fiber providers, municipalities, and adjacent sectors such as oil and gas projects, in successes and chal …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Ilissa Miller
    Ilissa Miller, Founder & CEO - iMiller Public Relations
15:30
  1. Meeting & Exhibition Networking
17:00
  1. Close of Datacloud USA