Data Centre World Day 2 Highlights

Shaping Europe's Digital Future and Exploring AI Factories

Chairperson: Bertrand Delatte, Head Region EMEA & VP Sales for Data Centre Solutions & Services - Siemens Smart Infrastructure

Abed Jishi, Chief Technology Officer - hscale

Carlo Ruiz, Vice President Enterprise Solutions & Operations, Nvidia

Jason Matteson, Director of Product Management - nVent

This panel brought together NVIDIA, hscale, nVent, Siemens, a leading operator to unpack what it really takes to deploy AI at scale. Using the newly announced Siemens–nVent reference architecture for NVIDIA AI data centers as a real-world example, we’ll explore how modular, liquid-cooled, Tier III-capable designs slash time-to-compute and boost tokens-per-watt—setting a new benchmark for Europe’s hyperscale ambitions.

From Hype to Reality: How Colocation Providers Are Building for the Era of AI Inference

Steven Campbell-Ferguson, Global Product Design Lead - NTT Global Data Centres

The session explored common myths, highlighted the inherent flexibility of modern colocation models, and explored emerging pathways such as dual cooling circuits, evolving rooftop mechanical strategies, selective water use, improved PUE, and next-generation electrical systems. 
 

Agentic AI for Services at Scale: How Agentic AI Transforms Data Centre Services

Natasha Nelson, CTO Services - Schneider Electric

Explore the transformative role of Agentic AI and Augmented Operations in delivering highly skilled technical services—both remote and on-site—for electro-sensitive environments such as large-scale data centres.

Powering the Future: AI-Optimized Energy Solutions for Next-Gen Data Centres

Danel Turk, Data Centre Portfolio Manager - ABB

This session showed next generation data center power architectures trends (800 VDC, Solid State, Medium voltage UPS etc.) and AI supported optimization.

Beyond Redundancy: Intelligent Resilience

Robert Campos, Global Service Segment Leader, Data Centers & Industry - Hitachi Energy

This session explored how data centre resiliency begins with a strong grid connection and a robust power system—the foundation of sustainable uptime. Too often, reliability is viewed mainly through redundancy, while micro‑stressors and aging mechanisms quietly degrade high‑voltage assets over time.

Trusted Cooling Data: The Hidden Infrastructure of AI

Matthew Nudd, UK Partnership Manager - Eurovent

In this keynote, Matthew Nudd revealed why trustworthy, sensible based cooling data is emerging as the new critical infrastructure behind digital expansion. Through real world storytelling and clear, accessible explanations, he showed how independent certification helps operators avoid failures, reduce energy costs, and design with confidence in an era of extreme compute. A compelling, forward looking message for anyone building or relying on digital infrastructure.

Sustainability & Energy Solutions: A New Approach to Meeting the AI Driven Data Centres

Christian Senu, VP, Data Centre Strategy Global - Carrier

Michel Grabon, Technical Director Data Centres – Climate Solutions Europe (CSE) - Carrier

In this session, Michel and Christian outlined the key challenges in transitioning to new approaches to cooling for AI driven data centres. They explored how rising compute density and increasing energy demand—driven by the acceleration of AI—are prompting a shift toward modular, scalable designs and liquid cooling technologies. The discussion will conclude with how these changes can improve sustainability and help reduce overall energy consumption in AI enabled data centre environments.

The ‘Single Pane of Glass’ – Dream or Deliverable?

Diego Witte, Global Solution Director Data Centre - Siemens Smart Infrastructure

In this session, Diego explores how Siemens’ integrated management suite is transforming that dream into a tangible, actionable deliverable—empowering operators with real-time control and unprecedented clarity.

AI Factories: Planning, Designing, Building & Commissioning

Muhammad Naveed Saeed, Vice President, Global Delivery Management - Uptime Institute

In this session, Muhammad explored the end-to-end lifecycle of AI infrastructure from early planning and design decisions through construction and commissioning, highlighted how AI workloads fundamentally change power, cooling, controls, and risk profiles.

A New Data Centre Paradigm for Clean Energy

Brian Matthews, Founder & CEO - AMPERA

This session explored a new paradigm for data centres built around clean energy, examining alternative power models such as small modular reactors, on-site generation, and long-term sustainability. Brian shared insights into how new power solutions can support data centres growth while reducing carbon impact, improving resilience, and aligning with future energy systems.

How to Manage the Rapidly Changing IT Platforms now being installed in Data Centres?

Alastair Winner, Head of Innovation and Services - Techbuyer Limited

Mark Acton, Executive Director - DCA / Owner Acton Consulting

This session explored how organisations can make smarter decisions about when to replace, re-purpose, or extend the life of IT assets, drawing on lifecycle intelligence rather than vendor refresh cycles. Expect practical discussion on why 'obsolete for AI training' doesn't mean 'obsolete'; the sustainability case for life extension; closing the asset intelligence gap between facilities and IT teams; and how circular supply chains can build resilience against single-source dependencies. Leave with a framework for thinking differently about the assets already in your data centre.”