Roundtable Recap: Industry Ambitions vs. Reality; Data Center Site Selection Tips; Actionable Sustainability; AI Infrastructure Planning

Our Data Center Executive Roundtable for the Fourth Quarter of 2024 asked for our panelists' views on a series pertinent industry topics including:

• A present assessment of how various regulatory and public pressures might be shaping the data center industry's ambitions vs. its realities.
• Whether data center site selection is to be considered the North Star for construction and development stakeholders, especially in terms of guiding decisions on power and cooling infrastructure.
• Thoughts on the most pivotal sustainability considerations and actions for colocation and hyperscale data centers headed into 2025.
• How the massive build-out of AI infrastructure and its associated power demand is impacting prospects for future data center investment and planning.

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

• Probing Data Center Industry Ambitions vs. Realities
• Data Center Site Selection Implications
• Actionable Data Center Sustainability Strategies
• AI Infrastructure Roadmap
  
  

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

• Data Center Insights: Pat McGinn, Chief Operating Officer, CoolIT Systems
• Data Center Insights: Steve Zielke, Marketing Manager - Global Channel Distribution & Data Centers, Rehlko
• Data Center Insights: Phillip Marangella, Chief Marketing and Product Officer, EdgeConneX
• Data Center Insights: Steven Carlini, Vice President of Innovation and Data Center, Schneider Electric
• Data Center Insights: Danielle Rossi, Global Director – Mission Critical Cooling, Trane

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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