Date: Monday 1 June (pre-event day) 

Time: 2-5PM 

Location: Salon Croisette, Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, 1 Bd de la Croisette, 06400 Cannes, France 

Theme: Digital Infrastructure in an Age of Uncertainty -  what can we see, what can we shape, and where will value accrue? 

Purpose: To help senior executives and capital allocators across data centres, fibre, capital and energy: 

• identify the uncertainties with the biggest positive and negative swing on value creation 

• distinguish between uncertainties the industry must absorb versus those it can actively shape 

• clarify which stakeholder groups have the most influence over each uncertainty 

• define the scenarios, signposts and actions that matter most over the next 3-5 years 

Format: 2-3h facilitated group discussion, using sentiment analysis to help structure debate 

Facilitators: Sam Evans, Senior Managing Director, Teneo & Oliver Twinam, Senior Director, Teneo 

Participants:  

• Adrian Olteanu, Head, Ada Infrastructure  

• Mamoun Jamai, Head of Digital Infrastructure, ADIA 

• Phill Lawson Shanks, CIO, Aligned 

• Wes Cummins, CEO, Applied Digital  

• Bill Davis, Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Ares 

• Tesh Durvasula, CEO, AtlasEdge 

• Shiv Dadhich, Senior Global Category Manager, AWS 

• Vibhu Kaushik, Managing Director, Global Energy, Blackrock 

• Xavier Matagne, Chief Real Estate Officer, Colt Data Centre Services 

• Joe Scattareggia, EVP, Infrastructure & Connectivity, Colt Technology Services 

• Owen Morris, CFO, CyrusOne 

• Susanna Kass, Senior Advisor to the Board, Operating Partner, Digital Gravity Infrastructure Partners 

• Colin McLean, CRO, Digital Realty  

• Jeff Tapley, COO, Digital Realty 

• Niall Molloy, CEO, Echelon Data Centres 

• Philipp Marangella, CMO, EdgeConnex 

• Leanne Starace, SVP, Equinix 

• Michael Winterson, Secretary General, EUDCA 

• Louis Charlton, CEO, Global Commissioning 

• Otto Kreiter, Director, Global Infrastructure, Google 

• Eyal Chenkin, CEO, Green Mountain  

• Trent Farrell, VP Infrastructure Strategy, Groq 

• Andrew Crouch, Managing Director, Head of Digital, I Squared 

• Spencer Lamb, MD and CCO, Kao Data Centres 

• Greg Jasmin, CCO, Khazna 

• Joe Kaltsas, EVP, Kimley Horn  

• Amar Khan, Head of Network Site Investments, Meta 

• Josiah Sullivan, CRO, Metroblocks 

• Noelle Walsh, President, Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I), Microsoft 

• Amber Caramella, CRO, Netrality 

• Doug Adams, CEO & President, NTT 

• Carlo Ruiz, Vice President - Enterprise Solutions & Operations EMEA, NVIDIA 

• Ben Schultz, Data Center Delivery & Operations, OpenAI 

• Matt Souders, VP Data Centers, Oracle 

• Nicolas Roy, EVP Data Centre Strategy, Orange 

• Asher Ling, CTO, Princeton Digital Group 

• Dame Dawn Childs, CEO, Pure Data Centres 

• Todd Zabelle, CEO, SPS 

• Richard Bienfait, CFO, STACK EMEA 

• Nicolo Zanotto , Managing Director, Head of Digital Infrastructure, Europe, Stonepeak 

• Eduardo Sodero, CEO, Takoda Data Centres 

• Carl Roberts, Senior Advisor, Teneo 

• David Howson, President, EMEA, Vantage Data Centers 

• Adam Eaton, CEO, Virtus Data Centres 

• Colman Deegan, CEO, Zayo Europe 

• Joe Kava, Former Google VP of Data Centres 

Host Partners: Teneo & SPS 

Associate Partners: Global Commissioning & Kimley Horn 

Key themes shaping the sector’s future:

• Strong optimism across regions with positive investor sentiment fueling growth.
• Data centers remain the leading investment choice, with AI and cloud services as next major growth drivers.
• Telecom AI adoption is emerging, while hyperscaler demand and energy availability shape the data center outlook.
• The global appeal of terrestrial fibre and subsea fibre investment is on the rise.
• Power supply and sustainability are growing concerns, alongside regulatory and supply chain challenges.