Day One

• Understanding how AI and GPU clusters are reshaping infrastructure requirements, driving new approaches to layout, density and system design
• Assessing the impact of higher rack densities on power and cooling design, as thermal and electrical constraints become defining design variables
• Designing facilities that can adapt to evolving compute demands while supporting growth beyond core hubs into emerging European markets

• Examining how key global data center trends are likely to shape European investment, design and delivery strategies
• Assessing the growing challenge of power access, transmission capacity and the geopolitical impact of energy supply disruptions
• Evaluating increasing scrutiny around water consumption and environmental impact to prepare for sustainable data center growth
• Exploring how developers and investors can better engage communities and policymakers to build support and enable project delivery

• Identifying where global/international design approaches break down at regional level to determine when localisation is required to align with market delivery conditions
• Understanding how differing AI and enterprise adoption patterns across FLAP-D regions influence design priorities
• Adapting design frameworks to regional regulatory, operational and commercial realities to enable scalable deployment across multiple markets

• Exploring how EU-Level policy translates into fragmented national and local approval requirements to help shape timelines across core FLAP-D regions
• Examining how regional and municipal authorities interpret and apply regulations in practice to influence planning, zoning and permitting strategies
• Aligning design and engagement strategies with local regulatory realities to improve approval certainty for cross-border data center projects

• Navigating European sustainability frameworks and country-specific environmental regulations to translate high-level policy into practical design, permitting and reporting
• Integrating sustainability measures into designs to ensure compliance without compromising constructability or operational performance
• Balancing sustainability targets with delivery timelines and cost to meet ESG expectations while maintaining speed and execution certainty

• Identifying the drivers of liquid cooling adoption as AI and high-density workloads surpass the limits of traditional air-cooled solutions
• Comparing performance, efficiency and scalability between air and liquid cooling to inform which solution fits your data centers’ needs
• Evaluating facility planning considerations, including space, power/water use and vendor coordination, to support liquid cooling development from day one
• Defining effective hybrid strategies that balance air and liquid cooling to support diverse customer requirements

• Evaluating which liquid cooling approaches are moving into the mainstream e.g. single-phase, immersion, direct-to-chip to create a holistic view of the current market
• Comparing cost, efficiency, operational complexity and constructability across liquid cooling solutions to enable informed selection based on rack density and deployment scale
• Assessing how climate variation, urban density and site constraints across FLAP-D markets influence deployability and scalability to support repeatable rollouts

• Identifying where advanced prefabrication delivers the greatest programme and risk reduction to move beyond basic modular adoption to system-level and multi-trade integration
• Establishing a clear product development strategy with well-defined goals and timelines to transition from custom, job specific work to mass-produced products
• Designing workflows that can be easily adapted to different products and volumes to ensure flexibility of production capacity for variable project needs

This session will divide attendees into focused groups to share insights and address regional-specific issues, fostering collaborative problem-solving and strategic planning. Build a clearer understanding of local industry dynamics and drive collective solutions in your current region or one you want to break into.