Advancing Data Center Design and Engineering West 2026

Memo

Data center facility design is entering a new era of complexity, driven by AI scale workloads, rising power constraints, and increasing pressure to deliver new capacity faster. Design decisions made today determine whether facilities can scale efficiently, support high density infrastructure, and operate sustainably across their full lifecycle. Teams that fail to plan for flexibility, densification, lifecycle ownership, and AI driven demands risk falling behind in a market defined by rapid growth and escalating technical complexity. Advancing Data Center Design and Engineering West 2026 returns as the industry’s flagship technical forum, bringing together hyperscalers, colocators, developers, architects, and engineering teams from across the western United States. The event focuses on the design stage strategies and technical insights needed to de risk projects, protect long term performance, and future proof next generation facilities. From designing for evolving AI workloads and evaluating flexible electrical and cooling architectures, to addressing site selection and utility readiness challenges, accelerating modularisation, and redefining resilience and systems integration, this event provides a practical playbook for modern data center facility design. Hear real world lessons from leaders across hyperscale, colocation, edge, AI, and enterprise environments, understand the impact of emerging technologies and equipment, and leave with proven approaches you can apply directly to your designs. URLs:Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/3627103-2?pid=5569Brochure: https://go.evvnt.com/3627103-3?pid=5569 Date and Time: On Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:00 - Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:00 Venue Details: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel San Jose, 2050 Gateway Place, San Jose, California, 95110, United States Category: Conferences | Business and Economics | Real Estate and Construction Prices:Conference Only - Primary Pricing: USD 2599.00,Conference + Workshop Day - Primary Pricing: USD 3397.00,Conference Only - Discounted Pricing: USD 1499.00,Conference + Workshop Day - Discounted Pricing: USD 2097.00,Conference Only - Vendor Pricing: USD 3799.00,Conference + Workshop Day - Vendor Pricing: USD 5297.00 Speakers: Cameron Lassiter, Senior Director of CSA Design Operations, Aligned Data Centers, Jasmeet Singh, PE, LEED GA, Senior Data Center Design Manager, AWS, Chris Jia, COE of Continuous Improvement and Innovation, Compass Datacenters, Aarth Jarmarwala, Global Design and Constructability Lead, Compass Datacenters, Dr. Tobe Aguocha, Senior Director, Project Management (Americas), EdgeConneX Inc., Donovan O’Callaghan, Senior Director Global Design and Construction, Equinix, Anthony Bates, Director - Mechanical Engineering, Equinix, Deval Shah, Senior Leader, Emergent AI Infrastructure, Google, Kunal Desai, Senior Manager of Facilities Engineering, Google, Kevin Shipley, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Microsoft, John Sasser, Chief Technology Officer, Sabey Data Centers, Dave Buckner, Vice President of Design and Engineering, Sabey Datacenters, Nick Bouknight, Vice President of Engineering, Skybox Datacenters, Scott Muller, Project Director, BCER Engineering, Shilpa Maganti, Project Director of Data Center Solutions, Black and Veatch, Jaimie Johnston, Director and Head of Global Systems, Bryden Wood, Erik Rogers, Director and Project Architect, Gensler, Darius Shroff, Vice President of Data Center Project Delivery, HDR, Bill Kosik, Sector Lead of Mission Critical, HED, Byron Taylor, Vice President, Salas O’Brien, Steven Straus, Mechanical Engineer, Tetra Tech, Jimmy Sneed, Managing Director of Mission Critical Facilities, WB Engineering