Upcoming Industry Events

Session: How AI Compute Density Is Reshaping Data Centre Cooling Markets, Architecture, and Investment Decisionsg

Date: November 9, 2026

Speaker: Jacqueline Davis, Research Analyst, Uptime Intelligence

Panel: AI Sets the Pace for Data Center Cooling

Date: November 19, 2026 | 11:05 - 11:55 AM

Speaker: Hichem Djebali, Director, Uptime Institute

The rise of artificial intelligence is disrupting the status quo in data centers, particularly when it comes to cooling, which has become a critical issue in terms of performance, cost, and sustainability. Between increasing workload density, new architectures, and energy requirements, AI is no longer content to simply be hosted—it is imposing its own rules and redefining thermal strategies.

This roundtable discussion will explore how operators are adapting—and, in some cases, struggling to keep up—in the face of these technological and environmental pressures.

• The Surge in Thermal Demands Driven by AI Workloads: GPUs, Density, and Extreme Hotspots.
  Liquid cooling, immersion cooling, free cooling: Which technologies are truly essential?
• AI in Cooling: Real-Time Optimization or a Promise That’s Still Overhyped?
• Energy Efficiency vs. the Race for Power: A Balance That Remains Difficult to Achieve.
• Sovereignty and Data Center Deployment: What Climate and Regulatory Constraints Apply to Cooling?

Panel Session: Are our workforces trained and skilled for AI demands?

Date: November 19, 2026 | 10:55 - 11:40 AM

Speaker: Matthew Hawkins, Vice President of Global Education, Uptime Institute

Location: Strategy Stream - Room 1

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Panel Session: Beyond efficiency – The data centre metrics that Ireland now demands

Date: November 19, 2026 | 11:20 AM - 12:15 PM

Panelist: Dr Tomas Rahkonen, Research Director, Uptime Intelligence

Location: Operational Stream - Room 2

Keynote: Beyond AI Readiness: Future-Proofing Digital Infrastructure Through Resiliency

Date: November 26, 2026 | 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

Speaker: Dhanawat Mokmongkolkul, Sales Director, Uptime Institute

Location: Plenary Hall

Explores how organizations can build resilient, AI-ready infrastructure that supports long-term business success. As AI workloads introduce higher power densities, liquid cooling, and faster technology refresh cycles, traditional data center approaches are no longer sufficient. This session examines the operational, governance, and workforce strategies needed to ensure resilience from design through operations, while highlighting best practices and practical guidance to help organizations deploy AI infrastructure with confidence, reliability, and operational excellence.

Session: Tier Topology and Resilience in the Age of AI

Date: December 3, 2026 at 14:00-14:25

Speaker: Rachid Arabi, Vice President, Europe & UK, Uptime Institute

Location: Stage 1

Panel: Ready on Paper: Closing the Gap Between Commissioned and Operational on East Coast Campuses

Date: December 8, 2026 at 8:30-9:15 AM

Speaker: Jeff T. Wood, Vice President, North America, Uptime Institute

A campus that passes integrated systems testing is commissioned. Whether it is ready to run is a different question, and the answer usually shows up months later. Across the East Coast, phased AI campuses are energizing new halls next to live ones, handing systems to operations teams that are still being hired and ramping customer load on schedules set by lease commitments rather than system readiness. The industry's largest annual operator survey finds outages are less frequent but costlier when they hit, and more than half of operators report trouble filling open roles. Identify where the construction-to-operations handoff breaks down, compare how operators validate thermal and electrical performance under real AI load swings and examine what it takes to commission the next phase without destabilizing the ones already running.