Dice Northwest 2019 | Bisnow | 26 March 2019 | Kimpton Hotel Monaco , 1101 4th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, USA

Strong interconnectivity, mature infrastructure, a booming tech and cloud landscape, and new subsea cabling developments are what make the Pacific Northwest (PNW) a hotbed of data center activity. Technology and cloud industries make up 85% of Seattle’s data center tenants, notably hyperscalers like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. Formerly dubbed as “Jet City” due to its thriving aerospace economy, the metropolis is now nicknamed “Cloud City” -- with a majority of the world’s firms relying on Seattle companies for cloud infrastructure.

Leading DC operators like Digital Realty, Equinix, and Sabey continue to expand their footprint in the region to meet the demands of cloud providers. H1 2018 saw a net absorption of 10.68 MW and 54.3 MW of planned construction. Predominant large-scale developments (i.e., blockchain and AI) are under construction and expansion, developing new capabilities and ushering the new tech economy.

Topics will Include:
1. How will increased power density and cooling capacity impact site selection?
2. As end-user demands shift, how will the growing use of outsourced IT services drive demand for off-premise data centers and onto the cloud?
3. How will the Internet of Things and AI impact data center demand?
4. With deployments becoming more dense and compact, what are hyperscalers and cloud providers doing to be more sustainable?
5. What do the growth of micro data centers, 5G and Edge Computing innovations mean for today’s data center requirements?
6. How are cloud computing platforms and hyperscalers expanding their footprint in the PNW?

Who Attends?
• Our Bisnow DICE Events bring together those with the following backgrounds:
• Developers
• Investors
• Data Center Operators
• CRE Brokers
• Colocation, wholesale and cloud providers
• Enterprise end-users of Information Technology, Business Operations and Analytics
• Telecom/Fiber Companies
• Economic Development Associations
• Engineers
• Architects

2019 Speakers

Dave Crowley
Chief Technology Advisor, Microsoft

Christina Kite
VP, Global Business Strategy & Analytics and Cloud Development, Oracle

Teresa Duran
Chief Information Officer, John L. Scott

Amith Pulla
Technical Program Manager, Intel

Eyal Itskovich
Manager, Infrastructure Engineering, LinkedIn

Robert Cowan
Director, Facilities, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Jim Rudd
Director, Network Engineering - Center IT, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Steve Brooks
Senior Advisor, IT Facilities Infrastructure Engineer, Puget Sound Energy

John Sabey
CEO, Sabey Corporation

Chris Orlando
Co-Founder & CEO, ScaleMatrix

Robert Breynaert
Global Managing Director, Strategic Alliances, Equinix

John Regan
Digital Infrastructure, Landmark Dividend

David McCall
VP, Innovation, QTS

Bruce Eisele
VP, Operations, H5 Data Centers

Michael Boyle
Director, Strategic Planning, Westin Building Exchange

Jamie Brockamp
Senior Program Manager - GCET, BGIS

Mark Brunner
Senior Associate, Landau Associates

Jeff Ivey
VP, Strategic Development , CPG

Allen Meeks
VP, Corporate Development, Mox Networks

Tejo Pydipati
Project Manager, DPR Construction

2019 Sponsors

• 7x24 Change
• Nedas
• BGIS
• CPG
• Data Center Frontier
• DPR Constructin
• The Greer Institute
• Landau Associates
• Women in Cloud