Panel: A spotlight on contracting trends

03 Jun 2026
Discovery Stage, hosted by Schneider Electric
Green Zone

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 termination rights, early termination fees, supply chain failures are now more balanced towards the tenant.  

  • How are power failures affecting who holds the risk? 

  • How is the contracting differing for the AI Gigafactories vs traditional data centre builds? 

  • How is warranty & indemnity insurance adapting? 

Chairperson
Kemal Hawa
Kemal Hawa, Partner - Kirkland Ellis
Speakers
Atif Ansar
Atif Ansar, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder - Foresight
Cabrelle Abel
Cabrelle Abel, Partner and Associate General Counsel - MICROSOFT
David Dzienciol
David Dzienciol, Chief Customer and Commercial Officer - NextDC
Alanna Hasek
Alanna Hasek, Vice President, Legal - European General Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary, Europe - CYRUSONE
Alon Gavrielov
Alon Gavrielov, Vice President, Infrastructure Strategy - Together AI