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9:00 am Registration & Networking Refreshments
Workshop A
10:00 am Around the Texas Table – Roundtable Disscussion
Connect with peers facing the same delivery challenges across Texas data center projects. Join a topic-focused table to exchange practical lessons, discuss common obstacles, and identify proven strategies across power, procurement, workforce, prefabrication, cooling, technology, and project delivery. Each discussion will capture key takeaways to share with the wider audience.
11:00 am Speed Networking
12:00 pm Networking Lunch Break
Workshop B
1:00 pm Exploring Direct-to-Chip Cooling: What are the Technical Requirements Impacting Project Delivery?
As rack densities increase, traditional air-cooling approaches are reaching their limits. Advanced liquid and hybrid cooling systems are enabling higher efficiency while reducing energy consumption and supporting AI-driven workloads. This workshop examines the technical and construction requirements for deploying next-generation cooling systems without delaying project delivery.
- Designing cooling and power systems for Texas heat conditions, reducing peak power demand to maximize available IT load and avoid stranding power capacity
- Utilizing prefabricated manifolds, HACs, skids, and electrical modules from regional vendors to minimize onsite labor, address workforce shortages and accelerate deployment
- Planning for grid curtailment requirements under Texas SB-6, ensuring mechanical systems can handle on/off events while evaluating solutions such as BESS and retrofit strategies for legacy data center sites
3:00 pm Networking & Afternoon Refreshments
Workshop C
4:00 pm Case Study: Redefining Prefabrication & Modular Decision-Making to Manage Cost, Labor & Schedule Pressure
- Evaluating prefabrication options through a cost–schedule–risk lens
- Prioritizing prefabrication for repeatable, labor-intensive systems, including electrical assemblies, cooling components, and modular infrastructure where workforce constraints are most acute
- Assessing site and project conditions unique to Texas, distinguishing where prefabrication delivers schedule certainty versus where logistics and access introduce execution
5:00 pm Welcome Drinks Reception
Ease into the event and start building connections at our welcome drinks reception. This relaxed networking session is the perfect opportunity to meet fellow attendees, reconnect with familiar faces, and begin conversations ahead of the main agenda.
Join peers from across the data center community over drinks and informal discussion as we set the tone for the days ahead.
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