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11:00
  1. Registration opens - Early badge collection
    Connect Zone
    480 mins
    • Connection Zone
12:00
  1. Digital Infrastructure Leaders' Summit - Invite only
    Salon Croisette - Connect Zone
    210 mins
    • Connection Zone
    Ahead of Datacloud Global Congress we will be holding our next Digital Infra Leaders' Summit. The summits are an intimate half-day invitation only workshop style sessions that bring together digital i ...
16:00
  1. Schneider Electric workshop - Invite only
    Salon Croisette - Connect Zone
    60 mins
    • Connection Zone
    If you would be interested in joining the workshop please email: jessica.lang@datacloudseries.com
17:00
  1. Talent in Digital Infrastructure welcome reception
    Talent in Digital Infrastructure welcome reception
    Salon Croisette - Connect Zone
    60 mins
    • Talent in Digital Infrastructure
    • Connection Zone
    This reception gives participants of our Talent in Digital Infrastructure initiative the opportunity to connect with fellow talents and industry executives prior to the main drinks reception.

    Global Commissioning

    Ringerikskraft

    Vertiv

17:30
  1. Welcoming networking reception
    Welcoming networking reception
    Terrace
    90 mins
    • Discovery Zone
18:00
  1. Datacloud Awards 2026 - Ticketed event
    Le Salon des Ambassadeurs
    300 mins
    • Datacloud Awards
    The 2026 Datacloud Awards return to the iconic red carpet at Le Palais des Festivals for a night of glitz, glamour, and recognition. Welcome - Datacloud Global Awards 2026
08:30
  1. Event opens
    Connect Zone
    60 mins
    • Connection Zone
09:00
  1. GLF VIP and Speaker Lounge in partnership with Siemens
    GLF VIP and Speaker Lounge in partnership with Siemens
    GLF VIP and Speaker Lounge
    480 mins
    • Discovery Zone
10:00
  1. Opening Keynote: To be announced!
    Keynote Theatre - Discovery Zone
    30 mins
    • Keynote Theatre
  2. Keynote overflow streaming
    Expo Floor - Innovation Zone
    140 mins
    • Innovation Theatre
    Our keynote theatre is likely to be busy during the morning keynote so we will be live streaming the sessions into our Innovation Theatre on the expo floor.
10:45
  1. Showcase presentation: TBC
    Engage Theatre - Engage Zone
    15 mins
    • Engage Theatre
10:50
  1. Keynote Panel: How is the data centre ecosystem keeping up with AI demand?
    Keynote Theatre - Discovery Zone
    45 mins
    • Keynote Theatre
    Goldman Sachs analysts estimate current global demand to be approximately 62 gigawatts, comprised of cloud workloads (58%), traditional workloads (29%), and AI workloads (13%). AI is projected to grow ...
    Marc Garner
    Marc Garner, President - Cloud and Service Providers Segment - SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
    Giordano Albertazzi
    Giordano Albertazzi, CEO - Vertiv
11:00
  1. Panel: How are heat and cooling driving design of AI data centres?
    Engage Theatre - Engage Zone
    45 mins
    • Engage Theatre
    AI chips and heat densification are causing a shift in data centre design, with grey space replacing IT racks in white space as the dominant factor. This is now a critical part of the data centre infr ...
11:35
  1. Keynote Panel: Power innovation – How is the industry adapting to the density challenge?
    Keynote Theatre - Discovery Zone
    45 mins
    • Keynote Theatre
    According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), data centres are responsible for about 1.5%, or 415 Terawatt-Hours (TWh), of the world's total yearly electricity consumption. This has grown by 12% ...
11:45
  1. Showcase presentation: TBC
    Engage Theatre - Engage Zone
    15 mins
    • Engage Theatre
12:00
  1. Showcase presentation: TBC
    Engage Theatre - Engage Zone
    15 mins
    • Engage Theatre
12:20
  1. Panel: How to de-risk your energy provision
    Keynote Theatre - Discovery Zone
    45 mins
    • Keynote Theatre
    Joint venture partnerships with energy providers are becoming increasingly common with innovative project structures being introduced to help meet demands. Close cooperation with energy providers is a ...
  2. Panel – Constructing behind-the-meter power infrastructure
    Expo Floor - Innovation Zone
    45 mins
    • Innovation Theatre
    Data centres have traditionally drawn their energy needs from the grid, however more focus has turned to data centres constructing their own behind-the-meter energy generation and storage infrastructu ...
  3. Panel: Building a long-term pipeline to create a resilient workforce
    Engage Theatre - Engage Zone
    45 mins
    • Engage Theatre
    Pressures on the labour markets especially in recruiting specialised labour, particularly in remote areas, remains a challenge for data centre operators, utility companies, and specialised contractors ...
13:05
  1. Panel: Is the future of data centres modular?
    Keynote Theatre - Discovery Zone
    45 mins
    • Keynote Theatre

    Operators are now facing the prospect of building multiple facilities concurrently, potentially across different site locations, instead of taking up to five years to bring a site online, the average development cycle is down to 18-24 months. A modular approach can help to refine and streamline the process at a time when speed and efficiency are top priorities to service the overwhelming demand for new facilities. 

    • How does a modularity and a programmatic approach help to solve the design challenge; standardised on components, additional manufacturers 

    • What is going to be the winning architecture? 

    • Retrofitting modularity is much more challenging, how does this affect initial planning 

  2. Showcase presentation: TBC
    Expo Floor - Innovation Zone
    15 mins
    • Innovation Theatre
  3. Panel: How is European regulation going to affect data centre efficiency
    Engage Theatre - Engage Zone
    45 mins
    • Engage Theatre
    The European Commission is working on a number of data centre initiatives including the Data Centre Energy Efficiency Package alongside the Strategic Roadmap on Digitalisation and AI for the Energy Se ...
13:20
  1. Showcase presentation: TBC
    Expo Floor - Innovation Zone
    15 mins
    • Innovation Theatre
13:50
  1. Panel: Upgrading the supply chain to meet demand
    Keynote Theatre - Discovery Zone
    45 mins
    • Keynote Theatre
    Lead times for critical equipment continue to extend, geopolitical tensions complicate sourcing, power constraints limit site viability, and sustainability requirements introduce entirely new procurem ...
  2. Interactive Hosted Session
    Engage Theatre - Engage Zone
    25 mins
    • Engage Theatre
  3. Interactive hosted session
    Engage Theatre - Engage Zone
    25 mins
    • Engage Theatre
14:00
  1. Panel: How to triple data centre capacity to build ‘AI gigafactories’ in Europe
    Expo Floor - Innovation Zone
    45 mins
    • Innovation Theatre
    The European Commission has launched ambitious plans, including the construction of four ‘AI gigafactories’, supercomputers dedicated to training advanced AI models, made possible by a public-private ...
14:40
  1. Panel: Water resilience through digital innovation
    Engage Theatre - Engage Zone
    45 mins
    • Engage Theatre
    Cloud infrastructure and data centres serve a dual purpose-as responsible water users and as key enablers of water innovation. Microsoft and Google have pledged to become “water positive” by 2030 thro ...
15:05
  1. Showcase presentation: TBC
    Expo Floor - Innovation Zone
    15 mins
    • Innovation Theatre
15:20
  1. Closing keynote: Which future tech innovation will change the digital infrastructure landscape?
    Keynote Theatre - Discovery Zone
    40 mins
    • Keynote Theatre
    This session will take out the data centre crystal ball and gaze into the future of disruptive technologies that could rock the landscape as we know it.  How will quantum computing disrupt the traditi ...
17:00
  1. Closing day one drinks reception
    Closing day one drinks reception
    Terrace
    90 mins
    • Discovery Zone
    • Networking
08:30
  1. Registration and Exhibition open
    Connect Zone
    60 mins
    • Connection Zone
09:00
  1. GLF VIP Speaker Lounge in partnership with Siemens
    GLF VIP Speaker Lounge in partnership with Siemens
    GLF VIP and Speaker Lounge
    360 mins
    • Discovery Zone
10:00
  1. Keynote Interview
    Keynote Theatre - Discovery Zone
    20 mins
    • Keynote Theatre
  2. Keynote overflow streaming
    Expo Floor - Innovation Zone
    85 mins
    • Innovation Theatre
10:20
  1. Keynote presentation: TBC
    Keynote Theatre - Discovery Zone
    20 mins
    • Keynote Theatre
10:40
  1. Keynote Panel: How are DC project being funded?
    Keynote Theatre - Discovery Zone
    45 mins
    • Keynote Theatre
    Different types of DC and how they can be funded: Long term contracts, AI specific data centres  How is all of the capacity going to be used – what is the return on investments  What is the profitabil ...
10:45
  1. Interactive hosted session
    Engage Theatre - Engage Zone
    25 mins
    • Engage Theatre
11:10
  1. Showcase presentation
    Engage Theatre - Engage Zone
    15 mins
    • Engage Theatre
11:25
  1. Showcase presentation: TBC
    Expo Floor - Innovation Zone
    15 mins
    • Innovation Theatre
11:30
  1. Panel: A spotlight on contracting trends
    Keynote Theatre - Discovery Zone
    45 mins
    • Keynote Theatre
    This panel will explore how contracting trends are changing due to the scale of AI gigafactories. Contract terms are varying to spread out the risk between the tenant and the operator. Early terminati ...
  2. Panel: Demystifying practical applications for nuclear energy
    Engage Theatre - Engage Zone
    45 mins
    • Engage Theatre
    SMRs ability to provide stable, low- carbon energy could play a vital role in transforming the energy landscape.  • What is the timeline including permitting and licensing  • What are the regulations ...
11:40
  1. Interactive hosted session
    Expo Floor - Innovation Zone
    25 mins
    • Innovation Theatre
12:15
  1. Panel Is AC or DC power better suited for tomorrow’s high- density computing needs?
    Keynote Theatre - Discovery Zone
    45 mins
    • Keynote Theatre
    AC has dominated commercial and data centre power distribution for decades due to its ease of transmission and standardized equipment. DC power is gaining momentum as AI workloads push traditional inf ...
  2. Panel: Off balance sheet investments – Too good to be true?
    Expo Floor - Innovation Zone
    45 mins
    • Innovation Theatre
    Meta’s $27 billion data centre in Louisiana has made waves by being the first off balance sheet investment of its kind. Construction on the project was well under way when Meta announced a new financi ...
13:00
  1. Panel: How can BESS contribute to a sustainable future for data centres?
    Keynote Theatre - Discovery Zone
    45 mins
    • Keynote Theatre
    The global energy storage industry is growing steadily, fuelled by the world's transition to clean energy.  Battery energy storage systems (BESS) are emerging as a key technology to help data centres ...
  2. Showcase presentation
    Expo Floor - Innovation Zone
    15 mins
    • Innovation Theatre
  3. Panel: How software can maximise efficiency
    Engage Theatre - Engage Zone
    45 mins
    • Engage Theatre
      Increasing power constraints and ballooning project scale, efficiency improvements are now essential for data centre operations.  How are predictive maintenance software and software-powered cooling ...
13:15
  1. Showcase presentation
    Expo Floor - Innovation Zone
    15 mins
    • Innovation Theatre
13:45
  1. Panel: Innovative datacentre financing: portfolio vs. ABS
    Keynote Theatre - Discovery Zone
    45 mins
    • Keynote Theatre
    Portfolio financings allow developers to consolidate multiple single-asset financings into a unified structure, reflecting the sector's growing maturity and need for more scalable funding models. ABS prov ...
14:15
  1. Panel: Vertical data centre construction
    Engage Theatre - Engage Zone
    45 mins
    • Engage Theatre
    The high computing power and rack spacing needs associated with AI data centres will require larger footprints for AI data centres, which in markets with constraints on land availability. Constructing ...
15:00
  1. Closing keynote panel: Fibre and data centres: collaborating to enhance global AI leadership
    Keynote Theatre - Discovery Zone
    45 mins
    • Keynote Theatre
    The growth of AI and cloud computing spurring data centre demand has led to the need for expanded fibre optic infrastructure to increase connectivity. Building direct, low-latency and scalable paths b ...
08:30
  1. Event opens
    Connect Zone
    90 mins
    • Connection Zone
10:00
  1. Keynote panel: The view from the global colo operators
    Keynote Theatre - Discovery Zone
    45 mins
    • Keynote Theatre
    Where is the emerging capacity in the world?  How are the scale of campuses affecting site selection?  Are supply-side physical and logistical constraints, including long lead times, limited suitable ...
10:45
  1. Keynote Panel: Designing for gigawatts
    Keynote Theatre - Discovery Zone
    45 mins
    • Keynote Theatre
    Across the globe, AI factories are rising. This giant data centre has become the new unit of computing, and the way these GPUs are connected defines what this unit of computing can do. One network arc ...
  2. Interactive hosted session
    Expo Floor - Innovation Zone
    25 mins
    • Innovation Theatre
11:10
  1. Showcase presentation
    Expo Floor - Innovation Zone
    35 mins
    • Innovation Theatre
11:25
  1. Showcase presentation
    Expo Floor - Innovation Zone
    15 mins
    • Innovation Theatre
11:30
  1. Panel: How can data centres be active, intelligent participants in the energy ecosystem?
    Keynote Theatre - Discovery Zone
    45 mins
    • Keynote Theatre
    Data centres are evolving beyond their traditional role as passive energy consumers. In an era defined by climate urgency, grid instability, and the decentralisation of energy, a new paradigm is emerg ...
  2. Panel: Tackling data centre public perception
    Engage Theatre - Engage Zone
    45 mins
    • Engage Theatre
    The role of marketing teams is shifting, it’s not all about lead generation, there is now a focus on reputation and education.   How can there be a coordinated approach as an industry – new lobby bodi ...
11:40
  1. Interactive Hosted Session
    Expo Floor - Innovation Zone
    25 mins
    • Innovation Theatre
12:15
  1. Panel: Global PPA market – Is it fit for purpose?
    Keynote Theatre - Discovery Zone
    45 mins
    • Keynote Theatre
    The Corporate PPA market experienced a recalibration in 2025. Europe signed only 280MW of renewable energy PPAs in May, representing the lowest capacity of PPAs signed in Europe since 2020, according ...
  2. Panel: Cybersecurity as the New Reliability
    Expo Floor - Innovation Zone
    45 mins
    • Innovation Theatre
    As operational technology becomes increasingly network-connected, reliability depends as much on cybersecurity as on mechanical design.   A cyber attack on supervisory controls could trigger such a fa ...
14:00
  1. Closing keynote: Data Centres in space – A new frontier
    Keynote Theatre - Discovery Zone
    45 mins
    • Keynote Theatre
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