DICE: Connectivity & AI Infrastructure 2026

Bisnow's Data Center Connectivity & AI Infrastructure Conference & Expo, held 20 October 2026 at the Hyatt Regency Dulles in Herndon, Virginia. The programme sits at the intersection of network infrastructure and AI compute: what the cloud build cycle left behind, how interconnection economics are being repriced, and how investors are underwriting connectivity assets on a moving technology curve.

Programming Focus

• What AI actually needs from the network, and the infrastructure gaps the cloud build cycle left behind
• The interconnection repricing: 400G, private backbone and hyperscale bypass
• Fiber, spectrum and the right-of-way problem, and why public infrastructure is now a private investment variable
• How capital underwrites connectivity and AI infrastructure when the technology curve will not slow down

Featured Speakers

• Jasmeet Singh, Senior DC Design Manager, Amazon Web Services
• Neila Wilson, Director Data Center Engineering & Operations East, Visa
• Hunter Newby, CEO, Newby Ventures
• Khalil Benlemlih, Director, Igneo Infrastructure Partners
• Bob Wagner, Senior Manager, Panduit
• Ashley Massey, System Engineering Supervisor IBN & Global Accounts, Corning Optical Communications
• Marshall Sorenson, VP, Metromont (moderator)

Sponsors

Platinum: Network Connex

Gold: Panduit, Corning Optical Communications, Metromont

Silver: Assa Abloy, UniTek Global Services

Media partners: Data Center Post, iMiller Public Relations

Impact partner: Nomad Futurist Foundation

Who Should Attend

• Carriers and fiber network operators
• Neutral colocation and interconnection platform executives
• Hyperscaler and cloud network strategy teams
• Digital infrastructure investors and lenders
• Submarine cable developers
• AI infrastructure operators and GPU cluster developers
• Enterprise network architects and CIOs
• Economic development officials

Logistics

Doors 7:30 AM EDT. Super early bird registration $195.