National Dice Data Center Management, Operations & Cooling - West 2023 | Bisnow | 15 August 2023 | San Jose Marriott, 301 S Market St, San Jose, CA 95113, USA

DCIM trends that industry experts are currently adopting, and how to optimize your data center for the most optimal performance. With rack densities increasing and capacity continuing to hit limitations, maximizing what you have currently and running it efficiently will be a key differentiating factor.

What You'll Takeaway From The Conference And Key Questions Asked:
• Power and cooling are one the largest, critical segments of the data center industry, what innovations are making operations run more efficiently?
• How will the power limitations in Northern Virginia impact how business is getting done in the West Coast?
• High performance computing increasing in adoption - what implications does this have on power usage, server design and efficiency?
• What are the impacts on uptime availability, resiliency, sustainability, and power costs of ever-higher power densities and cooling requirements?
• Air cooling, liquid cooling, or other? Which technique is best when considering cost and scale?
• Sustainability is becoming an increasing priority, but how do we ensure we're on the right path?
• A new standard of optimal temperature is becoming more prevalent? Who can apply this tactic and why?
• Is the current infrastructure ready for new technologies? How do we brace for the future?
• With increasing spend on IT from hyperscalers and enterprises, how are operators planning for more density?

2023 Speakers

MODERATOR:

Craig Compiano
CEO, Modius

SPEAKERS:

Zaid Ali Kahn
GM, Cloud AI & Advanced Systems Engineering, Microsoft

Rebecca Weekly
VP, Hardware Systems Engineering, Cloudflare

John Hanahan
Senior Director, Digital Services Product Management, Equinix

Nabeel Mahmood
Member, Board of Directors, United Security Bank

Kevin Imboden
Global Director, Market Research & Intelligence, EdgeConneX

David Lambiaso
VP, Portfolio Management, Legacy Investing

Steve Benson
VP, Critical Operations, Prime Data Centers

Ali Heydari
Distinguished Engineer, Nvidia

Matt Pfile
Founder & CEO, Crane Data Centers

Conor Aarset
Account Director, Critical Facilities, T5 Data Centers

Dave Meadows
Director, Technology, Stulz USA

Chris Pruitt
Senior Director, Operations - Silicon Valley, CoreSite

2023 Sponsors

• Invue
• Data Center Post
• Modius
• Nedas
• Nomad Futurist Foundation
• Stulz