NATIONAL DICE DATA CENTER MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS & COOLING - WEST
ABOUT THE EVENT
SPEAKERS AND PANELS
MANAGING HARDWARE IN A SOFTWARE WORLD:
How To Best Manage Your Infrastructure For Optimal Performance
ZAID ALI KAHN
GM, Cloud AI & Advanced Systems Engineering, Microsoft
NABEEL MAHMOOD
Member, Board of Directors, United Security Bank
REBECCA WEEKLY
VP, Hardware Systems Engineering, Cloudflare
CRAIG COMPIANO
CEO, Modius
DENSITY DONE RIGHT:
Enabling High Performance Compute Through Effective Rack Management And Cooling Strategies
STEVE BENSON
VP, Critical Operations, Prime Data Centers
ALI HEYDARI
Distinguished Engineer, Nvidia
MATT PFILE
Founder & CEO, Crane Data Centers
GETTING TO THE BOTTOM LINE:
The Best Practices Around Maximizing Efficiency And Reducing Energy Without Increasing Your Costs
NICK JONES
Senior Director, Regional Operations - West, NTT Global Data Centers Americas
THERESE KERFOOT
SVP, Operations & International, EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure
DAVE MEADOWS
Director, Technology, Stulz USA
CHRIS PRUITT
Senior Director, Operations - Silicon Valley, CoreSite
WHY YOU NEED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT
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?
How You'll Do More Business From Attending: Dive into power, cooling, density, 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.
Relevant Industry News & Developments:
- Nivida granted US funding for data center cooling research as AI impacts rise
- Nvidia is seeking to redefine data center acceleration
- Nvidia to win big from ChatGPT as data center unit continues growth
- CoreSite expands data center footprint in Denver and Silicon Valley
- Prime Data Centers announces first Phoenix data center campus with five data centers and 210MW of critical power
- EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure breaks ground on first of two Silicon Valley data centers
Who You’ll Meet While Networking: Owners, providers, engineers, brokers, contractors, director of operations, director of operations, CIOs, investors, lawyers, CEOs, vice president of design and construction