DICE NORTHEAST 2023

SPEAKERS AND PANELS

How Investors and Developers Are Navigating The Current Investment and Deal-Making Landscape

FENTRESS BOYSE

Member of Mgmt., Private Infrastructure - Americas, Partners Group

JENNIFER FRITZSCHE

Managing Director, Greenhill

SADIQ MALIK

Managing Director, DigitalBridge

JEFFREY MOERDLER

Member, Mintz

COREY WELP

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty

MODERATOR

BRIAN TORMEY

President, TitleVest

DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION:

Building To Meet Today’s Demands And Dynamic Needs

JOHN HAWKINS

Global Cloud Data Center Real Estate Lead, IBM

RYAN MALLORY

COO, Colocation Services, Flexential

JOHN PETERSON

VP, Data Center Design, Evoque Data Center Solutions

DATA CENTER OPERATIONS, ENGINEERING AND COOLING:

Leveraging New Tools, Technologies and Protocols To Do More, For Longer

ARNO VAN GENNIP

VP, Global IBX Operations Engineering, Equinix

SUDHIR KALRA

Executive VP, Global Operations, Compass Datacenters

DAVID KLEIN

Founder & CEO, ChilliRack

JOSEPH LICCARDO

VP, Data Center Field Operations, CoreSite

AGENDA

TIMEACTIVITY
8:00 AM
8:55 AM | Registration, Breakfast and Networking
8:55 AM
9:00 AM | Opening Remarks: Welcome to DICE Northeast
9:00 AM
9:45 AM | Making IT Rain: How Investors and Developers Are Navigating The Current Investment and Deal-Making LandscapeGiven current market dynamics, how are investors and developers putting their capital to work, how are leasing deals being structured?
9:45 AM
10:30 AM | Design, Construction And Engineering: Building To Meet Today’s Demands And Dynamic NeedsWith land, power, cost constraints, the way data centers are being designed and developed are changing. From build-to-suit to retrofits, various development types and architectures are being leveraged to meet client demands. What advances are we seeing in this space? What are current customer demands in the Northeast?
10:30 AM
10:50 AM | Networking Break
10:50 AM
11:35 AM | Data Center Operations and Cooling: Leveraging New Tools, Technologies and Protocols To Do More, For LongerUnderstanding energy optimization, optimal temperatures, cooling tactics, power rack density, and infrastructure design to make systems run for longer and stronger. What new practices are being applied within the data center?
11:35 AM
12:00 PM | Post-Event Networking

WHY THIS MATTERS

What You'll Learn

• With the continued data center demand in NYC-New Jersey, the vacancy rate hit a record low of 7% in 2H2022 - what's in store for this year?
• What has played out in the first half of 2023? How has the cost of capital affecting deal making in 2023?
• How are major cities, like New York, preparing for the next generation of digital infrastructure?
• What are the current design and construction trends across the tri-state and northeastern cities? Are we seeing more build-to-suit or retrofits in the market?
• Has the migration of enterprises from NYC to the South affected the data center market?
• Which incentives are driving data center demand in Connecticut and New Jersey from NYC?
• What opportunities are investors currently interested in? How is sustainability changing the game?

 

How You'll Do More Business:

There is no slowdown in this industry. Learn about the trends, opportunities, and challenges ahead to position yourself to make the right business decisions and expand your network. 

Relevant Industry News & Developments:

• 1547 Realty expands inventory in Orangeburg, NY, the company's flagship data center facility. 
• CoreSite completed 35,000 sq ft expansion to NY2 facility
• Lightpath announced new 300-mile diverse route between Ashburn, VA and New York Metro
• DigitalBridge weighs sale of Vantage Data Centers Stake, raising over $1.5bn
• Partners Group buys data center platform EdgeCore Digital with $1.2bn investment

 

Who You’ll Network With In CRE:

Owners, providers, brokers, investors, engineers, lawyers, CEOs, vice president of design and construction, heads of acquisitions, directors of site selection, end-users, and more commercial real estate decision-makers.

 

Why You Should Attend :

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

 

DON'T MISS OUR PREMIER NATIONAL DATA CENTER EVENT ON MAY 24-25 IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA 

Be sure to check out DICE East: A National Data Center Event! Bringing together hundreds of leaders across the digital infrastructure industry addressing all trending topics, the summit will be held on May 24-25 in Northern Virginia.