Call for Speaker Proposals Now Open
Submit by September 19, 2025
What's Behind Our New Logo?
Our refreshed logo reflects a modern identity and reinforces our connection to Informa, the world’s largest producer of events, with a presence in over 30 countries and a portfolio that includes NetworkX, Black Hat, HIMSS, AI Summit, and GDC.
This transformation goes beyond aesthetics—it’s a symbol of our unwavering commitment to delivering strategies and solutions that empower Data Center professionals to stay ahead in an industry that is growing exponentially.
Call For Proposals Now Open
Speak at Data Center World 2026
Dynamic speakers are integral to the Data Center World conference program. For 2026, we are looking for new, unique, and engaging industry topics.
Whether you are a first-time speaker at Data Center World or returning, now is the time to submit your proposal for consideration for the 2026 conference program.
Do you have a topic that you are passionate about? Perhaps you have an interesting case study to share or a unique solution to a data center challenge? We want to hear from you!
SUBMIT BY SEPTEMBER 19, 2025
Looking for Data Center World POWER?
September 29 - October 1, 2025 | San Antonio, TX
With data centers consuming an increasing share of energy, the need for power resilience and innovative energy solutions is more urgent than ever. Data Center World POWER addresses these critical challenges and advancements in power, energy efficiency, and sustainability in the data center industry.
Data Center World
The Epicenter of Data Center Innovation: The Largest Expo Featuring 400+ Exhibitors
The data center industry faces unprecedented challenges: skyrocketing demand, supply constraints, and a rapidly evolving workforce. But the most critical issue? Power—its sourcing, sustainability, and scalability for an AI-driven future.
Enter Data Center World 2026—the only global industry event where real-world expertise meets cutting-edge research and insight. We'll tackle the industry's most pressing issues: * Next-Gen Power Architectures * Sustainable Energy Solutions * AI-Driven Optimization * Mission-Critical Facilities Management * Emerging Construction Practices * Tools for Building and Operating AI Factories *
With the largest global gathering of 400+ data center solution providers, our Expo offers unparalleled access to the latest technologies and services shaping the industry's future. The pace of innovation in the data center space is staggering. Powering this evolution is the challenge—and the opportunity—of a generation. Attend the one industry event that covers the full spectrum of data center trends that matter most.
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Four Days of Game-Changing Insights & Invaluable Connections
2026 Conference Tracks
Data Center World delivers expert strategy and insight on the technologies and concepts you need to know to plan, manage, and optimize your data center. Data Center World educational programming focuses on addressing challenges like legacy vs generative AI, cooling technologies, finding alternative energy sources, colocation, and adoption of automation in the data center.
Emerging IT & Data Center Technologies
Data Center BUILD
Colocation, Hyperscale & Cloud Innovation
Power Sourcing & Sustainability
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Network
Mix and mingle with other leading industry professionals. Data Center World offers more networking opportunities with peer professionals and industry luminaries than any other event of its kind.
Explore
Featuring the largest data center Expo in the world, over 400 solution providers will be on hand to demonstrate products and services you can compare in real time to help you optimize your data center.
Learn
Improve your data center management skills and stay current with educational sessions, including keynotes, panel discussions, case study presentations and exclusive workshops.
Expo Hall: Explore 400+ Exhibitors Driving the Industry Forward
Find Solutions for Your Challenges at the World's Largest Data Center Expo
As disruptive technologies such as cloud, edge computing and IoT drive rapid change across all sectors, the data center remains at the core of business infrastructure.
Data Center World's Expo Hall is the only place to find the key data center technology providers displaying their solutions in one location. Network with leading solution providers and uncover all the latest technologies, products and services your company needs.
2025 Featured Keynote Speakers from NVIDIA, Google, Kairos and Shark Tank
Wade Vinson
Chief Data Center Engineer
NVIDIA
Lucia Tian
Head of Clean Energy & Decarbonization Technologies
Google
Jeffrey Olson
VP, Business Development & Finance
Kairos
Kevin O'Leary
Shark Tank Veteran and Renowned Investor
Omdia Analyst Summit: Where is AI really headed?
Analyst insight into how AI computing will change the data center out to 2030
Popular opinion on AI computing is split between those perceiving the ramping investment as a bubble, and those convinced by the technological advancements, therefore risking underinvestment. In this session, the Omdia analyst team will show data-backed AI adoption and technology development projections.
Exploring key themes on how computing will increasingly be planned at the rack level, with multiple parallel development efforts driving different facility requirement for data center operators. Powering and cooling AI computing will increasingly become application or even end-user-specific. To provide a range of views on this, Omdia will bring in experts from technology innovators for two industry panels.
Real Answers For Today's Data Center Issues
Data Center World isn’t just a conference. It’s an opportunity to get hands-on time with leading solution providers, attend technical labs, and speak with a collective of like-minded and connected individuals who are shaping the future of the data center industry. By attending Data Center World, you’re making an investment in your career as well as an investment in your company’s success.
- Network with the smartest and most innovative people in the data center industry
- Access to the latest data center technologies
- Learn new concepts for managing and expanding your data center that save your company money
- Learn new efficiencies in energy control that both improve the environment and lower costs
- Be among the first in the industry to learn about new product launches
- Learn how to keep costs down as your data center needs and workload expands
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