Roundtable Recap: Gigawatt Megacampus Considerations; AI Sustainability Plays; Modular Design Innovation; Data Center Industry Misconceptions

Our Data Center Executive Roundtable for the Second Quarter of 2024 asked for our four distinguished industry leaders' considerations on front-of-mind industry topics including:

• Key considerations for MegaCampus stakeholders in emerging age of widespread gigawatt data centers.
• Sustainability plays for the AI era in the industry's now ongoing level-up to global net zero and decarbonization goals.
• Top opportunities for any type of modular design innovation within or adjacent to hyperscale or colocation facilities, the better to measure up to escalating compute as well as grid and on-site power requirements for data centers.
• Discernible misconceptions and misperceptions surrounding challenges to data centers entering the AI era and its related power availability and cooling concerns.

Here is the full question and answer session, organized by topic:

• MegaCampus Considerations for Gigawatt Data Centers
• Data Center Sustainability Plays for the AI Era 
• Modular Innovation Opportunities for Data Centers 
• Data Center Industry Misconceptions

Here are links to the individual Q&A summaries for each of our distinguished panel members:

• Data Center Insights: Phillip Marangella, EdgeConneX
• Data Center Insights: Ciaran Flanagan, Siemens
• Data Center Insights: Joe Reele, Schneider Electric
• Data Center Insights: Allen Rounds, Kohler

The conversation is moderated by Data Center Frontier Editor in Chief Matt Vincent.

Thanks to all of our executive participants for sharing their time and insights!

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