West Coast Data Center Operations & Cooling Conference
About the Event
Bisnow's West Coast Data Center Operations & Cooling Conference is a single-day event taking place October 21, 2026, at the DoubleTree by Hilton San Jose in San Jose, California. Part of the DICE (Data Center Investment Conference & Expo) series, the half-day program runs from 8:00 AM PDT through midday and focuses on AI-density cooling deployments, workforce development, and the commissioning-to-operations transition for West Coast data centers. Early bird tickets are priced at $200.
Programming Focus
- Cooling at AI scale: direct liquid cooling, rear-door heat exchangers, and immersion systems deployed in West Coast facilities at 60–100+ kW per rack
- Retrofitting legacy air-cooled facilities for AI-density workloads and where that approach has limits
- The West Coast talent shortage: staffing gaps, apprenticeship programs, and workforce development models producing qualified technicians
- Managing the construction-to-operations transition on AI-era campuses where delivery schedules compress commissioning timelines
- Steady-state thermal and power management under unpredictable AI workload volatility
Featured Speakers
- Jay Smith, VP, Data Center Operations and Engineering, Evocative
- Syona Sarma, Senior Director & Head of Hardware Infrastructure, Cloudflare
- Adine Le, Manager, Data Center, Lambda
- Mark Calvano, President, Calvano Development
- Ron Godinez, Founder, RC Power
- Karin Selchert, EVP, AC³E Energy Services
- Hadi Alla Ali, Business Development Executive, Nortek Data Center Cooling
- Nathan Libner, Regional Manager, Munters
- Mark Ardire, Director, LG Electronics
Sponsors
Platinum: Maddox Industrial Transformer, Mantis Innovation
Gold: AC³E Energy Services, Calvano Development, Introl, LG Electronics, Munters Corporation, Nortek Data Center Cooling, RC Power
Silver: ChemTreat, HITT Contracting, Prime Electric
Media: Data Center Post, iMiller Public Relations
Who Should Attend
- Data center operations leads and critical facilities managers
- Chief engineers and mechanical and electrical systems specialists
- Hyperscaler and cloud campus operations teams
- Colocation operators and managed services providers
- Cooling technology vendors and system integrators
- Workforce development and training program leaders
- Commissioning and quality assurance professionals
- Construction-to-operations transition leads
- Technical recruiters active in the West Coast data center market
Logistics
Venue: DoubleTree by Hilton San Jose, Oak+Fir Room, Conference Center on 2nd Floor, 2050 Gateway Place, San Jose, CA 95110. Parking: $5.00 per car (QR code provided at event). End-user passes for hyperscalers, colocation providers in non-sales roles, investors, and enterprise tenants may be available complimentarily — email Virginia.Baker@bisnow.com.