What to Expect
- 20+ Panels on critical industry topics
- 150+ Industry-Leading Speakers
- 12+ Hours of Dedicated Networking
- Multiple Cocktail Receptions
- The Renowned DICE Casino Night
- Over 1,000 Industry Professionals in Attendance
Representatives from every corner of the industry:
- Top Cloud Providers: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Oracle, Google, Meta
- Leading Operators: CyrusOne, IMDC, Digital Realty, Equinix, Vantage, Cologix
- Influential Investors: Partners Group, Manna Capital, ARES Capital, Apollo, Blackstone, Carlyle, Principal, Prudential, Blue Owl and more
- County Supervisors, Planning Commissioners, and government officials from across the U.S.
This is the must-attend gathering for data center leaders—an event that brings together new clients, strategic partners, and old friends from across the sector.
Why You Can’t Miss DICE National 2026!
What You’ll Learn:
- How AI‑driven demand, power constraints and geopolitical risk are shifting the map from Northern Virginia to new global hubs—and what that means for pricing, timelines and competition through 2027.
- How to align capital and delivery by rethinking supply chain, SKUs, and multi‑year procurement so mega‑campuses can actually be built at the pace investors are underwriting.
- Which legal and business pitfalls around powered land, leases and MSAs matter most in 2026—and how to structure deals that protect value as markets and regulations evolve.
- How AI‑ready network architectures, dark fiber strategies and interconnection ecosystems are being monetized, and which connectivity bets truly pay off in customer retention and asset value.
- How to blend site strategy, permitting, land structures and community engagement so “where to build next” decisions create bankable, permittable projects instead of stalled opportunities.
- Where edge economics really work for AI inference and localized demand, and how to design portfolios that balance core, hub and edge without overextending capital.
- How owners are quantifying the ROI of talent, training and AI‑enabled tools—and where the cost of doing nothing shows up in pro formas, delays and lender confidence.
- What “disciplined growth” looks like after a decade of land grabs, and how 2026 decisions on markets, sites, supply chains and people will drive competitiveness into 2030.
- How leading operators are stretching limited megawatts with staged energization, smarter distribution and alternative solutions in tight power markets.
- How teams are right‑sizing AI campuses—deciding how big to go, how fast to phase and where to cap complexity—so visions turn into deliverable projects.
- Which cooling strategies (liquid, immersion, hybrid) are actually working for high‑density AI, and how to avoid both under‑provisioning and expensive over‑design.
- Best practices for physical security from dirt to ribbon cutting, including how to embed security into design, construction and commissioning workflows.
- How modern tools, teams and processes are redefining operational excellence, from DCIM and analytics to incident response and cross‑site collaboration.
- How AI‑first design is changing fundamentals—scale, redundancy, modularity—and where to standardize versus customize for the next wave of builds.
- How water, traffic, incentives and quality‑of‑life concerns are being addressed to turn skeptical communities into long‑term partners for multi‑phase campuses.
- How owners, builders and designers are prioritizing full pipelines, sequencing scopes and standardizing designs when demand far exceeds delivery capacity.
- How sustainability can be “baked in” as default—materials, cooling, power and reporting—without slowing schedules in fast‑moving projects.
- Which construction‑tech tools (robotics, drones, reality capture, field data platforms) are actually keeping critical paths moving on complex jobsites.
- How modular strategies, prefabrication and smarter sequencing are shortening the path to first power and cutting redesigns and field changes on large projects.
Relevant News and Developments:
Who You’ll Network With:
- Developers, Owners & Operators — campus strategists, AI‑focused builders and portfolio leaders balancing growth, risk and community expectations across regions.
- Hyperscalers, Cloud & Large End Users — platform, engineering, and delivery teams driving requirements for AI campuses, GPU fabric,s and low‑latency edge deployments.
- Investors, Capital Providers & Lenders — institutions underwriting mega‑campuses, edge platforms and talent initiatives, and redefining what “bankable” looks like in 2026.
- Construction, Design & Engineering Teams — GCs, specialty trades, architects, structural, MEP, and civil engineers advancing modular, prefab, and high‑density delivery models.
- Network, Fiber & Infrastructure Providers — dark fiber, interconnection, carrier, and tower partners enabling AI‑ready network topologies and metro‑to‑edge meshes.
- Power, Utilities & Energy Innovators — utilities, IPPs, and on‑site/alternative power providers focused on stretching limited megawatts and sequencing grid‑constrained builds.
- Legal, Land Use & Permitting Experts — counsel and advisors navigating powered land, leases, MSAs, tax incentives, permitting paths, and multi‑jurisdictional approvals.
- Operations, Talent & Technology Leaders — data center operators, HR, and OT/IT leaders responsible for operational excellence, AI‑augmented workforce,s and portfolio‑wide performance.
Why You Should Attend:
- DICE National 2026 is the flagship three‑day forum for everyone responsible for where, how and how fast the next generation of AI‑ready infrastructure gets built.
- The agenda follows the full lifecycle—from market selection, land, power and community trust to procurement, construction tech, cooling, security, operations and ESG—so each stakeholder can plug into the same strategic picture.
- Whether you run a single region or a global platform, this is where you benchmark your approach, compare notes with peers facing similar constraints, and walk away with the playbooks, partners and perspective to compete through 2030.
How You’ll Do More Business
- Translate three days of conversations into concrete strategies for siting, powering, financing and delivering AI‑era campuses, edges and brownfield upgrades.
- Pressure‑test your current pipeline, procurement plans and talent strategies against what the most active builders, hyperscalers and capital providers are actually doing in 2026.
- Build relationships with the specific partners—utilities, network providers, constructors, legal advisors and capital sources—you need to move your next sites from idea to energized capacity.
- Leave with clearer frameworks for prioritizing markets, projects and capital
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