Dice West 2023 | Bisnow | 29 November 2023 | San Jose Marriott, 301 S Market Street, San Jose, CA, 95113, USA

What You'll Learn From Data Center Real Estate Leaders:

• What are the current trends in Northern California, the second-largest data center market in the country?
• Silicon Valley remains near a record low vacancy at 2.9% - how will this impact pricing?
• How does Northern California compare to other major markets in California (Los Angeles) and the greater west coast (Arizona, Oregon, etc.)?
• The asking rental rate in the 250-500kW range have risen to $155-$250 per kW - the highest rate in all of North America. How does this impact current and new tenants, as well as developers?
• Is liquid cooling still on the rise? How are operators looking to apply this cooling technology?
• Power remains a big pain point for all operators, across almost all markets, which sources of renewable energy are being considered and implemented in the West Coast?
• How are general contractors and developers working together to ensure projects are delivered on time? Which tools and best practices can be shared?
• What is the investment landscape of the industry and how is investor appetite going into 2023?
• How are engineers and architects planning for advanced technologies, like AI? Where will be the biggest pain points?
• How can AI tools be leveraged today to benefit both operators and their customers?

Why You Should Attend:

• To learn how the West Coast markets are evolving to meet today's end-user and colocation data center requirements.

2023 Speakers

Charley Daitch
CCO, Rowan Digital Infrastructure

Peter Hopper
Managing Director, DigitalBridge

Arman Khalili
Board Member, Evocative

Laurance Lewis
Chief Commercial Officer, AVAIO Digital Partners

Matt VanderZanden
COO, STACK Infrastructure

Kemal Hawa
Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig

Anuraj Jhajj
General Manager / Partner, Microsoft

Anahita Fazl Mouro
Global Lead, Data Center Quality, Google Data Centers

Undra (Andre) Patrick
Data Center Mission Critical Engineering Delivery, Enercon Services

Tejo Pydipati
SVP, Design & Construction, Stream Data Centers

Shane Saltzgiver
CEO, VEC

Ross Rebraca
VP, Technology Sector, HITT Contracting

Brandon Barker
Member, Mintz

Jeffrey A. Moerdler
Member, Mintz Levin

Zia Syed
Head of Data Automation and AI, Switch

David McCall
VP, Innovation, QTS

Nabeel Mahmood
Member, Board of Directors, United Security Bank

Craig Compiano
CEO, Modius

Jim Gao
CEO, Phaidra

Chris Pruitt
Senior Director, Operations - Silicon Valley, CoreSite

Mukul Anand
Global Director, Applied HVAC, Johnson Controls

Roshan Isaac
VP, Data Center Engineering & Operations, SiriusXM

Dave Meadows
Director, Technology, Stulz USA

Melissa Olson
Manager, Belimo Americas

Greg Stover
Global Director, Hi-Tech Development, Vertiv

Greg Bowman
Regional Security Leader, Meta

Carlos Francisco
Regional Security Leader, Meta

Amy Dunton
Business Development for Tier II, III and Edge, Ameristar Perimeter Security USA Inc.

Matt Pfile
Founder & CEO, Crane Data Centers

Mike Rechtin
Partner, DLA Piper

Brian Armstrong
Associate, PARADIGM Structural Engineers

Vello Ehvert
CEO, Ehvert Mission Critical

Cary Frame
Chairman, Polargy

John Sasser
CTO, Sabey Data Centers

Vance Peterson
Datacenter Solutions Architect, Schneider Electric

David Holub
SVP, Portfolio Development, Prime Data Centers

Patton Lochridge
CCO, Bandwidth IG

Rebecca Weekly
VP, Hardware Systems Engineering, Cloudflare

Saurabh Ladha
Founder & CEO, Doxel

Yuval Bachar
CEO, EdgeCloudLink (ECL)

David Bell
Director, Utility & Micro Grid, VoltaGrid

William Chung
Global Director, Site Selection - Energy, Iron Mountain Data Centers

Dean Nelson
CEO, Cato Digital

Michael Collins
Manager, Business Development, Jenbacher

Jonathan Atkin
Managing Director, RBC Capital Markets

Michael Hochanadel
Managing Director & Head of Digital Assets, Harrison Street

Eyal Itskovich
Director, Acquisitions - Hyperscale/AI Infrastructure, Microsoft

Jeffrey Moerdler
Member, Mintz Levin

Darwesh Singh
Founder & CEO, Bolt Graphics

Adam Waitkunas
Partner, Milldam Public Relations

2023 Sponsors

• AFCOM (Northern CA Chapter)
• Ameristar Perimeter Security USA Inc., an ASSA ABLOY Group brand
• Bandwidth IG
• Belimo Air Controls
• Bolt Graphics
• Clayco Corp
• Data Center Post
• DLA Piper
• Doxel
• Ehvert Mission Critical
• Enercon Services Inc.
• Greenberg Traurig- DC and National
• iMiller Public Relations | NEDAS
• Jenbacher
• Johnson Controls
• Milldam Public Relations
• Mintz
• Mirapath, Inc
• Modius Inc
• Monarch Telecom Marketing
• Nomad Futurist
• Novva Data Centers
• PARADIGM Structural Engineers, Inc.
• Performance Contracting Inc
• Phaidra
• Polargy
• Rowan Digital Infrastructure
• Schneider Electric
• STULZ Air Technology Systems - National
• Trane U.S. Inc
• VEC
• Vertiv Co.
• VoltaGrid