Data Center Frontier Trends Summit 2027
About the Event
The fourth annual Data Center Frontier Trends Summit takes place May 5 to 7, 2027, at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel & Spa in Glendale, Arizona. Organized by Data Center Frontier (Endeavor Business Media), the three-day gathering shifts westward to metropolitan Phoenix after three editions in Northern Virginia. The 2026 conference in Reston drew more than 500 data center operators, developers, engineers, and capital providers. For 2027, the event co-locates for the first time with Microgrid Knowledge, sharing an exhibition floor and dedicated technical sessions focused on power generation, behind-the-meter assets, and grid interconnection.
Programming Focus
- Grid interconnection queues, transmission access, and utility coordination in high-growth corridors
- On-site power generation, microgrids, battery energy storage systems, and behind-the-meter assets
- High-density AI infrastructure delivery, thermal management, and liquid cooling architectures
- Desert Southwest market dynamics: land entitlement, power procurement, and municipal permitting across the greater Phoenix corridor
- Capital deployment, underwriting benchmarks, and project finance for large-scale campuses
- Speed to energization and mitigating late-stage commissioning delays
Who Should Attend
- Hyperscale and colocation campus developers and operators
- Critical facilities engineers, mechanical leads, and operations directors
- Power systems architects, utility representatives, and energy developers
- Digital infrastructure private equity investors and project finance lenders
- Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors and commissioning specialists
- Microgrid and distributed energy technology providers
Logistics
The event will be hosted at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel & Spa, located at 9495 W Entertainment Blvd, Glendale, AZ 85305. The venue is adjacent to the Westgate Entertainment District and Desert Diamond Arena, 25 minutes west of downtown Phoenix. Registration opens through the official event site, with speaker submissions managed via the conference portal.