Day One

• Standardising design modules early to reduce overall building volume and maximise IT capacity and yield within constrained sites
• Developing optimised reference designs that balance repeatability with flexibility, allowing portfolios to scale faster across geographies
• Improving operational performance through efficiency-led design decision-making to lower embodied and operational carbon, and strengthen the business case for permitting

• Reconciling international reference designs with EU, national, regional and city-level codes to reduce late-stage redesign and approval delays
• Localising standardised hyperscale design templates to respond to climate, geography and regulatory realities without slowing speed to market
• Guiding clients through trade-offs between rapid deployment and long-term sustainability to secure approvals, community buy-in and future expansion potential

• Deploying modular supply chains to compress build timelines from foundations to full structure in weeks, enabling faster customer onboarding and early revenue generation
• Mitigating redesign and rework by managing incomplete design freezes and evolving customer requirements during offsite fabrication
• Controlling permitting timelines, cross-border logistics, and storage exposure to reduce cost overruns and maintain schedule certainty

• Comparing leading cooling system options including air-based, water-based, closed-loop and free cooling approaches
• Analysing the best performing systems for different IT loads and climates across Europe
• Identifying client-preferred solutions to align designs with what operators are actively selecting today

• Anticipating technology shifts during multi-year design and build cycles to reduce the risk of facilities becoming outdated before they are operational
• Designing flexibility into base build and shell strategies to accommodate late-stage changes in processors, rack densities and cooling approaches without full redesign
• Improving cross discipline coordination between design, construction and IT teams to manage continuous technology updates while maintaining delivery certainty

• Developing data-driven narratives that contextualise data center energy consumption relative to other industries and demonstrate strategic value
• Implementing community benefit programs and transparent communication about sustainability measures including renewable energy procurement, water recycling, and waste heat reuse
• Engaging with local media, environmental groups, and community stakeholders before formal permit applications to build support and address concerns early

• Bringing contractors and key suppliers into design earlier to pressure-test over engineered solutions and avoid re-design once construction teams come on board
• Balancing client and engineering ambition with constructability insight to ensure designs can be delivered to a high quality within budget
• Aligning clients, engineers and builders upfront on responsibilities, assumptions and practical delivery constraints

• Planning multi-option procurement strategies to maintain progress when preferred suppliers cannot meet volume, timing or production commitments
• Managing price volatility and long lead items proactively to reduce exposure to cost escalation
• Pooling industry data on material equivalents and regional supply to support faster substitution decisions and leverage nearby markets 

This session will divide attendees into focused groups to share insights and address regional-specific issues, fostering collaborative problem-solving and strategic planning. Build a clearer understanding of local industry dynamics and drive collective solutions in your current region or one you want to break into.

• Establishing end-to-end quality ownership from early strategy through commissioning to ensure seamless CSA handovers 
• Demonstrating proactive, honest communication when issues arise to build client confidence and accelerate resolution of scope, damage, and coordination challenges
• Strengthening cross-trade coordination through structured weekly and daily engagement to maintain schedule control, protect quality, and reinforce client trust