Q3 Executive Roundtable Recap
For our Q3 2025 Executive Roundtable, Data Center Frontier gathered three seasoned industry leaders to unpack some of the most urgent challenges and opportunities facing the data center industry, including:
- Thermal Risk at AI Scale: As AI workloads dominate new data center builds, what are the most critical thermal or water-related risks operators must solve at scale, and how are your solutions evolving to meet that challenge?
- CapEx vs. OpEx in the AI Era: Striking the balance between urgent build timelines and long-term efficiency in thermal and water systems.
- The Integration Imperative: How the convergence of thermal, water, and power systems is breaking down old silos — and reshaping organizational strategies.
Here is the full question and answer session, organized by topic:
- Executive Roundtable: Cooling, Costs, and Integration in the AI Data Center Era
- Executive Roundtable: CapEx vs. OpEx in the AI Era - Balancing the Rush to Build with Long-Term Efficiency
- Executive Roundtable: The Integration Imperative
Here are links to the individual Q&A summaries for each of our panelists:
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!
About the Author
Matt Vincent
Matt Vincent is Editor in Chief of Data Center Frontier, where he leads editorial strategy and coverage focused on the infrastructure powering cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and the digital economy. A veteran B2B technology journalist with more than two decades of experience, Vincent specializes in the intersection of data centers, power, cooling, and emerging AI-era infrastructure. Since assuming the EIC role in 2023, he has helped guide Data Center Frontier’s coverage of the industry’s transition into the gigawatt-scale AI era, with a focus on hyperscale development, behind-the-meter power strategies, liquid cooling architectures, and the evolving energy demands of high-density compute, while working closely with the Digital Infrastructure Group at Endeavor Business Media to expand the brand’s analytical and multimedia footprint. Vincent also hosts The Data Center Frontier Show podcast, where he interviews industry leaders across hyperscale, colocation, utilities, and the data center supply chain to examine the technologies and business models reshaping digital infrastructure. Since its inception he serves as Head of Content for the Data Center Frontier Trends Summit. Before becoming Editor in Chief, he served in multiple senior editorial roles across Endeavor Business Media’s digital infrastructure portfolio, with coverage spanning data centers and hyperscale infrastructure, structured cabling and networking, telecom and datacom, IP physical security, and wireless and Pro AV markets. He began his career in 2005 within PennWell’s Advanced Technology Division and later held senior editorial positions supporting brands such as Cabling Installation & Maintenance, Lightwave Online, Broadband Technology Report, and Smart Buildings Technology. Vincent is a frequent moderator, interviewer, and keynote speaker at industry events including the HPC Forum, where he delivers forward-looking analysis on how AI and high-performance computing are reshaping digital infrastructure. He graduated with honors from Indiana University Bloomington with a B.A. in English Literature and Creative Writing and lives in southern New Hampshire with his family, remaining an active musician in his spare time.
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