Upcoming Events & Conferences

Description: About the Event Global Data Centre & Cloud Expo Canada 2026 (GDCC) is Canada’s biggest Data Centre & Cloud event, bringing together the leaders, innovators and decision-makers shaping the country’s digital infrastructure landscape. The two-day conference and exhibition will take place on 20–21 October 2026 at The International Centre, Ontario, Canada produced by Vertex Next. Building on the mom...

Description: NVIDIA GTC Berlin is NVIDIA's AI conference for Europe and part of the 2026 GTC series, held October 20–22, 2026 at STATION-Berlin in Berlin, Germany, with the keynote by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang on October 21 at the Tempodrom. The event brings GPU computing, AI infrastructure, and applied-AI programming to European developers, researchers, and enterprise leaders, drawing an expected 10,000+ att...

Description: 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 curv...

Description: 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-...

Description: The AFCOM North Carolina Chapter Meeting is a half-day gathering scheduled for October 21, 2026, at Topgolf University in Charlotte, North Carolina. Organized by the North Carolina chapter of AFCOM, the event brings together regional data center managers, facilities engineers, IT operations leaders, and infrastructure builders. The program features a keynote presentation on AI infrastructure gr...

Description: The Marcellus Power Conference is an executive conference held October 21–22, 2026, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Produced by The Power Connection, the inaugural gathering brings together energy producers, utilities, and equipment manufacturers alongside data center operators, hyperscalers, and infrastructure investors. The forum examines regional power...

Description: Convergence 2026 is a one-day conference organized by Digital Infrastructure Ireland, held on October 22, 2026, at Croke Park in Dublin. The event brings together policymakers, regulators, industry operators, energy stakeholders, and investors to address the structural challenges facing Ireland's digital infrastructure sector. Programming Focus Energy capacity and grid constraints for data cent...

Description: The Malaysia Cloud & Datacenter Convention 2026 is an in-person conference organized by W.Media, scheduled for October 22, 2026, at the Connexion Conference & Event Centre in Kuala Lumpur. The single-day convention brings together over 1,500 delegates, 70 speakers, and 70 sponsors and partner organizations from across Southeast Asia and international markets. The program examines digital infras...

Description: 7x24 Exchange Fall 2026 Conference is the mission-critical industry's semi-annual flagship event, held October 25 to 28 at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country. Organized by 7x24 Exchange International, the non-profit association serving data center and mission-critical operations professionals. The 2026 fall theme is "The Intersection of AI & Traditional Data Centers," framing how existing...

Description: DCD>Connect | MENA 2026 is DCD's annual flagship conference for the Middle East and North Africa data center market, held October 26 to 27, 2026 at the Grand Hyatt Dubai in Dubai Healthcare City. The event gathers 2,500+ senior leaders from across the MENA digital infrastructure ecosystem. Co-located with the DCD>Investment Forum | MENA, which convenes C-suite operators, developers, financiers,...

Description: DCD Investment Forum | MENA 2026 is a one-day executive conference organized by Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), running October 27, 2026, at the Grand Hyatt Dubai. The event gathers senior investors, lenders, developers, and operators active in MENA digital infrastructure deal-flow. With 35+ speakers confirmed and 2,500+ senior data center professionals expected across the co-located DCD>Connec...

Description: PowerUp Data Centers - Investment is a three-day executive conference organized by Infocast, a Clarion Events company, bringing together capital providers and infrastructure developers to examine deal structures and project finance across data center and power generation facilities. Held October 27–29, 2026, at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner in McLean, Virginia, the event convenes 95 expert sp...

Description: Platform Frontier Markets Middle East & Africa 2026 is the MEA edition of the Platform Markets Group congress series, convening senior industry professionals and investors focused on digital infrastructure across Africa and the Middle East. The 2026 edition takes place October 28 to 29, 2026 at the Four Seasons Resort Marrakech in Morocco. Approximately 400 senior attendees are expected. The ev...

Description: The Data Center Energy Industry Update is a one-day executive conference held November 2, 2026, at The Houstonian in Houston, Texas. Produced by The Power Connection in partnership with the iMasons Texas Local Chapter, the event brings together energy producers, equipment manufacturers, and infrastructure providers alongside data center developers, builders, and tenants working to deploy AI com...

Description: DCD>Connect | Virginia is DCD's annual event for the world's largest data center market, held at Lansdowne Resort & Spa in Loudoun County. The 2026 edition runs November 3-4, 2026 and convenes 1,800-2,500+ senior professionals, 200+ exhibitors, and 150-250+ speakers working on Virginia's data center buildout. A closed-door DCD>Leadership Summit for C-suite executives is co-located on November 4...

Description: DCD>Connect | Brasil is DCD's Portuguese-market conference for the Brazilian data center industry, held at the Sheraton São Paulo WTC Hotel. The 2026 edition runs November 4-5, 2026 and is expected to draw 2,600+ professionals, 170+ speakers, and 160+ exhibitors. Three co-located events run in parallel, including DCD>Compute | Brasil, with an expo zone featuring three dedicated content stages. ...

Description: Data Centre World Madrid 2026 is a two-day conference and exhibition held November 4-5 at IFEMA Madrid as part of Tech Show Madrid, organized by Closer Still Media. The 2025 edition drew more than 27,000 professionals, 470+ exhibitors and sponsors, and 400 speakers. The 2026 edition targets a similar or larger audience across data center operators, IT directors, facility engineers, and infrastr...

Description: The Xcelerated Compute Show | BRA 2026 is a two-day conference focused on AI infrastructure, compute hardware, and enterprise IT deployment, held November 4–5, 2026 at the Sheraton São Paulo WTC Hotel in São Paulo, Brazil. The event is produced by Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD) under its InfraXMedia portfolio and runs co-located with DCD>Connect Brasil 2026 and DCD>Connect Investment | Brasil o...

Description: DCD Investment Forum | Brasil 2026 is a one-day executive gathering organized by Data Centre Dynamics Ltd, held on 4 November 2026 at the Sheraton São Paulo WTC Hotel in São Paulo. The event is part of DCD's Investment Forum series, which runs separately from the flagship DCD>Connect conferences — the same format has produced standalone editions in London, India, and the MENA region. The Brasil...

Description: Southeast Power NEXT is a three-day executive conference organized by Infocast, convening state regulators, electric utilities, data center energy negotiators, and renewable energy developers across the southeastern United States. Taking place November 4–6, 2026, at the Sheraton & Le Méridien Charlotte Hotel Complex in Charlotte, North Carolina, the gathering brings together approximately 500 e...

Description: The UK Development & Finance Forum 2026 takes place on November 4, 2026, at Gowling WLG in London. Organized by New Project Media (NPM), the senior-level executive gathering convenes developers, independent power producers (IPPs), investors, lenders, advisors, and corporate infrastructure leads across the UK renewable energy and data center industries. Roughly half of the registered audience re...

Description: Bisnow hosts the Canadian Data Centre Conference & Expo on November 5, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency Toronto. Part of the Bisnow DICE series, the single-day event examines how shifting provincial power policies, equipment lead times, and institutional capital flows are reshaping digital infrastructure development across Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, and British Columbia. Programming runs from 7:30 AM ...

Description: The New Zealand Cloud & Datacenter Convention is an executive conference held November 5, 2026, at the Pullman Auckland Hotel & Apartments in Auckland, New Zealand. Organized by W.Media, the event gathers data center operators, cloud providers, enterprise IT decision-makers, and digital infrastructure specialists to address capacity expansion, renewable energy integration, and AI-driven workloa...

Description: Tennessee Data Center Conference & Expo is an executive gathering organized by Bisnow as part of its DICE series, taking place November 10, 2026, at the Omni Nashville Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. The conference examines the regulatory, utility, and capital dynamics driving digital infrastructure across the state, with specific focus on divergence between the Nashville, Memphis, and Knoxville...

Description: The Data Center Meet-Up: Manchester is an in-person regional networking gathering organised by W.Media in partnership with the Nomad Futurist Foundation. Scheduled for November 11, 2026, at CUPRA City Garage Manchester in central Manchester, the single-day event convenes digital infrastructure professionals, cloud operators, and data center engineers from across Greater Manchester and the wider...