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Delivering at Scale With Execution Certainty
8:00 am Light Breakfast & Networking
8:30 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Driving Collaboration With the Right Delivery & Contracting Models
8:40 am Evaluating Design-Build, EPC & Hybrid Delivery Models Across FLAP-D Markets
- Comparing different contracting models to understand where each improves or undermines execution certainty under constrained conditions
- Assessing how delivery model choice impacts speed, risk allocation and coordination, especially when hyperscale standards meet fragmented European construction landscapes
- Selecting delivery models that align with compressed timelines, evolving design requirements and limited contractor capacity to improve project predictability in high-pressure markets
9:10 am Panel: Navigating International vs Local Contractor Models, Labour Availability & Workforce Constraints to Improve Execution Certainty
- Understanding the trade-offs between regional contractors with local knowledge and international contractors with data center experience to reduce execution risk
- Assessing how labour availability, union rules and language localisation differ across different markets to inform realistic project resourcing
- Developing training programmes and industry partnerships to strengthen the talent pipeline
9:40 am System & Phase Audience Roundtables
Join the system or phase critical to your project and benchmark how teams across Europe are navigating key delivery constraints for critical systems and project scope. Connect with peers focused on the same delivery challenges to exchange practical, field-tested approaches and build targeted relationships that strengthen project execution and walk away with actionable ways to improve coordination, mitigate delays and keep projects moving forward despite external bottlenecks.
Electrical & Power
Mechanical & Cooling
Foundations
Core & Shell
10:10 am Morning Refreshments & Networking
Reducing Project Execution Risks
11:10 am Case Study: From Concept to Commissioning – Delivering A 200MW Data Center Through Planning, Power & Policy
- Navigating planning, policy and stakeholder engagement across the full project lifecycle, translating early stage concepts into a buildable and commissionable hyperscale campus
- Aligning power strategy, infrastructure delivery and programme sequencing from day one, enabling a complex, large scale facility to reach energisation and operation without derailing timelines
- Applying lessons learned from delivering at 200 MW scale to improve execution certainty, highlighting what project teams must get right to move faster from investment decision to live capacity
11:40 am Optimising Construction Sequencing & Schedules to Mitigate Delays
- Aligning designers, contractors and operators on executable schedules early to set realistic expectations on project timelines
- Creating build-ready construction sequences to reduce rework and schedule slippage under compressed timelines
- Coordinating multi-trade workflows and site logistics to minimise clashes and onsite congestion to improve productivity
12:10 pm Audience Discussion: Working Closely with Vendors & Equipment Suppliers to Overcome Supply Chain & Lead Time Challenges Across FLAP-D
- Collaborating early with equipment suppliers on forecasting, pre-purchase and inventory strategies to improve price stability and availability in volatile supply-chain conditions
- Evaluating how different purchasing models impact supplier engagement, accountability and schedule certainty
- Identifying and mitigating supply-chain risk for long-lead equipment to reduce late-stage delivery shocks
12:40 pm Networking Lunch Break
Looking Towards New Growth Opportunities
1:40 pm Understanding Where Europe’s Next Wave of Data Center Growth is Concentrating & What’s Driving Emerging Market Expansion
- Addressing how power, land and planning constraints in FLAP-D markets are redirecting investment into emerging Tier 2 markets
- Evaluating project pipelines and investment momentum across emerging markets to identify where expansion is accelerating and what this means for the design and construction ecosystem
- Understanding the regulatory, ESG and workforce dynamics shaping development conditions across emerging regions to anticipate delivery complexity beyond core hubs
2:10 pm Panel: Anticipating What Will Shape the Next 12 Months of Data Center Builds Across Europe
- Identifying which constraints are most likely to define delivery outcomes in the next 12 months to stay ahead of challenges in 2027
- Analysing shifting demand forecasts driven by AI growth, hyperscale expansion and evolving workloads to better anticipate where and when new capacity will be needed
- Determining what project teams must change now to deliver hyperscale capacity faster without compromising safety, quality or resilience as European markets reach saturation