Explore the Agenda
8:30 am Check-In & Morning Coffee
9:00 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Delivering Low-Latency Capacity at Speed & Scale
9:10 am Panel: Leveraging Modularization & Prefabrication to Accelerate Deployment & Bring Capacity Online Faster
- Evaluating when fully modular, partially prefabricated, or ground-up construction approaches are most appropriate for edge deployments to balance speed, cost, and operational requirements
- Assessing which components and systems can be standardized and prefabricated across deployments to improve delivery efficiency and reduce onsite construction risk
- Developing repeatable deployment models for distributed edge infrastructure to accelerate expansion into new markets and support future growth
9:40 am Panel: Improving Upfront Infrastructure Planning, Scheduling & Cost Forecasting to Deliver Edge Projects with Certainty & Avoid Costly Mistakes or Overrun
- Validating project requirements, stakeholder expectations, and deployment assumptions upfront to reduce redesigns, scope changes, and delivery risk
- Aligning design, procurement, and construction activities to build reliable project schedules to increase speed to market
- Developing accurate cost forecasts and capital plans to avoid under/over funded projects and strengthen investor confidence
10:10 am Morning Refreshments & Networking Break
Overcoming Infrastructure Constraints to Enable Growth at the Edge
10:50 am Evaluating Behind-the-Meter, On-Site Generation & Emerging Energy Technologies That Work Best for Edge to Effectively Power Sites Amid Growing Grid Constraints
- Exploring how stranded, underutilized, and renewable energy assets can be leveraged to power edge deployments to unlock new deployment opportunities and create value from previously unused resources
- Determining which edge deployment models are best suited for onsite generation environments to maximize energy utilization and improve project economics
- Evaluating emerging generation, storage, and distributed energy technologies to improve energy resilience and support long-term edge expansion
11:20 am Preparing Edge Infrastructure for DC Power Architecture & Next Generation AI Infrastructure
- Exploring the transition from AC to DC power architectures to improve efficiency and prepare facilities for future AI workloads
- Evaluating how power distribution and electrical equipment designs are evolving for modular edge deployments to overcome space and deployment constraints
- Understanding how edge facilities should be designed differently from traditional data centers to accommodate future compute densities, cooling requirements, and operational flexibility
11:50 am Audience Breakout: Comparing Edge vs. Hyperscale Infrastructure to Design Facilities That Meet Different Workload & Application Requirements
- Comparing power, cooling, connectivity, and site requirements across edge and hyperscale facilities to understand how infrastructure design changes with deployment scale
- Evaluating how different workloads, latency requirements, and end-user applications influence decisions around facility size, density, cooling architecture, and power distribution
- Discussing how deployment models, utility availability, and site constraints shape design decisions to deliver scalable, efficient, and future-ready infrastructure
12:20 pm Lunch Break
1:20 pm Designing Right-Sized Cooling Architectures for Edge, From Air-Cooled to Hybrid to Liquid, To Find Solutions That Fit Specific Workload Density & Application Requirements
- Identifying the cooling requirements of different edge applications, workload densities, and AI use cases to avoid overbuilding infrastructure and unnecessary capital expenditure
- Comparing air-cooled, hybrid, and liquid-cooled architectures to determine when more advanced cooling solutions become operationally and commercially justified
- Balancing current requirements with future density growth to optimize facility design, control operating costs, and avoid costly retrofits
1:50 pm Breakout Discussion: Find Your Industry Table
Join the companies leading at the edge and benchmark how leaders are navigating key constraints for edge deployments. Connect with peers focused on the same delivery challenges to exchange practical, field-tested approaches and build targeted relationships that strengthen project execution to walk away with actionable ways to improve coordination, mitigate delays, and keep projects moving forward despite external bottlenecks.
- Owner/Operators & End-Users
- Architecture & Engineering Firms
- Contractors