Data Center World is the premier educational resource for data center professionals, presented by AFCOM, the leading association for data center professionals.

Like AFCOM, Data Center World recognizes the challenges of running a data center efficiently and effectively. We launched this bi-annual event in 1981 with the goal of providing a hands-on, educational program to enable data center professionals to better balance the key components of running a data center: management, business and technology. Conference sessions cover a mix of these three critical issues, with particular emphasis on management and technology topics.

Each year, Data Center World recruits more than 45 speakers to address the range of concerns data center professionals face. Year after year, attendees remark about how approachable the Data Center World speakers are, and how inspiring—and assuring—it is to know even top data center experts have some of the same concerns and struggles. Conference attendees have an opportunity to meet many speakers face-to-face during networking events.

The Data Center World Conference has welcomed professionals from hundreds of data centers, from some of the biggest corporations, non-profit organizations, and academic institutions in the country. No matter what city we're in or who's speaking on what subject, we hear the same thing over and over from attendees: How important it is to be with 1,000+ other professionals, sharing successes and frustrations and making great contacts.