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SUMMARY:DCD>Connect Virginia 2026
DESCRIPTION:DatacenterDynamics’ regional event in the heart of Data Center Alley — Northern Virginia\, the densest data center market in the world. \nVirginia-specific sessions on power availability (Dominion Energy capacity is a real constraint)\, water use regulations\, and local permitting. If you’re building or operating in NoVA\, the regional focus here is more immediately useful than a national conference. \nProduced by: DatacenterDynamics (DCD)Location: Lansdowne Resort\, Leesburg\, VA (Data Center Alley)Format: Two-day conference + expoFocus: AI-ready infrastructure\, sustainability\, power and cooling for the world’s densest DC marketAudience: DC operators\, engineers\, and developers in the Northern Virginia corridor
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/dcdconnect-virginia-2026/
LOCATION:Lansdowne Resort & Spa\, Leesburg\, VA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Data Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261103T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T214604Z
CREATED:20260421T213116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T214604Z
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SUMMARY:ISC East 2026
DESCRIPTION:ISC East is the Northeast’s largest gathering for physical security\, public safety\, and the integrators who design\, install\, and operate the systems that protect critical facilities — including data centers. Three days at the Javits Center bring together SIA Education@ISC conference sessions (Nov 3–5) and an exhibit hall (Nov 4–5) featuring manufacturers across access control\, video surveillance\, video analytics\, perimeter detection\, biometrics\, and drone/UAS defense. \nFor data center operators and designers\, the agenda is practical: electronic access control architectures\, biometric authentication at the man-trap\, camera and analytics stacks for aisle-level monitoring\, visitor management\, and the OT/IT seam where building automation and physical security meet the corporate network. Expect conversations on how physical controls map to SOC 2\, TIA-942\, and the evolving critical-infrastructure expectations coming out of NIST and CISA. \nAttend if you influence the facility side of the security stack — perimeters\, access doors\, camera systems\, or integration with the cybersecurity team’s tools. The Northeast’s colocation cluster is within a day’s drive\, and the supplier density makes ISC East the efficient venue for head-to-head vendor comparisons.
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/isc-east-2026/
LOCATION:Javits Center\, 655 West 34th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Security
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261104T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261105T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T214604Z
CREATED:20260421T213406Z
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UID:2954-1793782800-1793898000@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:Data Centre World Madrid 2026
DESCRIPTION:Data Centre World Madrid is CloserStill’s third flagship European DCW show (after London and Frankfurt) and the centerpiece of Madrid Tech Show\, a seven-event cluster spanning Cloud Expo Europe Madrid\, Cyber Security World Madrid\, Connectivity World\, Big Data & AI World Madrid\, E-SHOW Madrid\, and Technology for Marketing. One badge covers all seven halls. The data-center hall focuses on colocation\, cloud infrastructure\, power and cooling systems\, connectivity\, and sustainability across the Iberian and Mediterranean markets. \nSouthern Europe has become one of the most active new-build regions globally — Spain’s grid availability\, land economics\, and renewable pairing have pulled hyperscale campuses into Madrid\, Zaragoza\, Aragon\, and the Barcelona corridor. DCW Madrid is where the Spanish operator community gathers at scale\, and the agenda reflects regional specifics: interconnection queues\, water-use frameworks\, AI-workload readiness\, and the emerging operator economics of Iberian renewable PPAs. \nAttend if you operate in Southern Europe\, supply Iberian buyers\, or are tracking how the Spanish hyperscale story matures through 2026. The co-located cybersecurity and cloud shows make it a particularly efficient single-trip for adjacent decision-making teams.
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/data-centre-world-madrid-2026/
LOCATION:Feria de Madrid (IFEMA)\, Halls 3-5\, Madrid\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Data Center
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261109T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261110T170000
DTSTAMP:20261016T003923Z
CREATED:20261016T003922Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261016T003923Z
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SUMMARY:Europe Data Center Cooling and Thermal Management Forum 2026
DESCRIPTION:A focused two-day forum from ECV International on the thermal side of the rack-density problem: direct-to-chip liquid cooling\, rear-door heat exchangers\, immersion\, and the facility-level water and refrigerant loops that have to absorb what the servers reject. Roughly 100 engineers\, operators\, and cooling vendors\, which keeps the sessions technical rather than promotional. \nFrankfurt is the right city for it. The German market combines the continent’s most aggressive efficiency regulation with the densest concentration of hyperscale interconnection\, so the operators presenting here are solving for PUE targets and heat-reuse mandates at the same time they are retrofitting halls for 100 kW racks. Expect detailed case studies on CDU sizing\, two-phase versus single-phase fluid choices\, and what actually happened when a site switched from air to liquid mid-life. \nProduced by: ECV InternationalFormat: Two-day technical forum\, 25+ speakersFocus: Liquid cooling\, thermal management\, heat reuse\, high-density retrofit\, European efficiency regulationRelevance to data center engineering: CDU and secondary-loop design\, liquid-cooling migration planning\, EU Energy Efficiency Act compliance
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/europe-data-center-cooling-and-thermal-management-forum-2026/
LOCATION:Messe Frankfurt\, Frankfurt\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Facilities & Cooling
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T215150Z
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SUMMARY:electronica 2026
DESCRIPTION:The world’s largest electronics trade fair\, held biennially in Munich. Components\, semiconductors\, power modules\, connectors\, thermal interface materials\, and passive components — everything that goes into server and power distribution hardware. \nComponent selection drives reliability. If you’re involved in hardware qualification\, supply chain decisions\, or evaluating new power modules and thermal solutions\, electronica gives you the broadest single-venue access to the global electronics supply chain. \nProduced by: Messe MünchenAttendance: 80\,000+ (typical)Exhibitors: 3\,000+ (typical)Focus: Electronic components\, systems\, applications\, and solutions — the world’s largest electronics trade showRelevance to DC: Power supplies\, thermal solutions\, connectors\, sensors\, and embedded systems for DC infrastructure
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/electronica-2026/
LOCATION:Messe München\, Munich\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Semiconductor
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261110T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261113T170000
DTSTAMP:20261016T003927Z
CREATED:20261016T003925Z
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UID:5211-1794301200-1794589200@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:SEMICON Europa 2026
DESCRIPTION:SEMI’s European flagship\, co-located with electronica and productronica at Messe München\, is the continent’s largest gathering for the semiconductor manufacturing supply chain. Four days cover wafer fab equipment\, advanced packaging\, materials\, test\, and the power and automotive segments where European fabs are strongest. \nFor data center engineers the relevance runs through power electronics and packaging. Silicon carbide and gallium nitride devices that end up in server power supplies\, UPS inverters\, and 48V distribution are built on the equipment and materials shown here\, and the advanced packaging halls are where the co-packaged optics and chiplet integration driving next-generation accelerator density get discussed by the people manufacturing them. The co-location with electronica also puts component suppliers for sensors\, connectors\, and thermal interface materials in the same building. \nProduced by: SEMIFormat: Exhibition plus technical conference\, co-located with electronica and productronicaFocus: Semiconductor manufacturing equipment\, advanced packaging\, power semiconductors (SiC/GaN)\, materials\, testRelevance to data center engineering: Wide-bandgap power device supply chain\, accelerator packaging roadmaps\, co-packaged optics
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/semicon-europa-2026/
LOCATION:Messe München\, Munich\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Semiconductor
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20261113T080000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20261113T170000
DTSTAMP:20261016T003931Z
CREATED:20261016T003929Z
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UID:5212-1794556800-1794589200@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:Japan Cloud & Datacenter Convention 2026
DESCRIPTION:W.Media’s one-day Tokyo convention is the most efficient way to take the temperature of the Japanese data center market: roughly 1\,000 senior IT and facilities professionals\, 35+ speakers\, and an exhibition floor of regional and global vendors\, all in a single day at the Hilton Tokyo. \nJapan is in the middle of a build-out driven by hyperscale AI capacity\, sovereign-data requirements\, and a grid that was not designed for 100 MW campuses. The sessions that matter for engineers are the ones on power procurement in the Kanto and Kansai regions\, seismic design for high-density halls\, and the practical experience of operators running liquid cooling in a market where water and land are both constrained. English-language program with simultaneous interpretation. \nProduced by: W.MediaFormat: One-day conference plus exhibitionFocus: Japanese data center capacity\, hyperscale and AI build-out\, power constraints\, sovereign cloudRelevance to data center engineering: Seismic design for dense halls\, Japanese grid interconnection\, liquid cooling in land- and water-constrained sites
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/japan-cloud-datacenter-convention-2026/
LOCATION:Hilton Tokyo\, Tokyo\, Japan
CATEGORIES:Data Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261115T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261120T170000
DTSTAMP:20261015T234910Z
CREATED:20260421T215151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261015T234910Z
UID:2730-1794729600-1795194000@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:SC26 — SuperComputing 2026
DESCRIPTION:The premier international conference for high-performance computing\, networking\, and storage. 10\,000+ attendees\, a massive vendor expo\, and a technical program that includes the Top500 list announcement. \nSupercomputing sites are the proving ground for extreme density and cooling. The liquid cooling deployments\, high-power-density rack designs\, and fabric architectures presented at SC are a preview of what mainstream data centers will adopt as AI workloads scale up. \nProduced by: IEEE Computer Society / ACM SIGHPC\nFormat: Conference + exhibition + competitions\nFocus: HPC\, AI infrastructure\, networking\, storage\, scientific computing\, exascale systems\nFeatures: SCinet (custom research network)\, 43+ workshops\, Student Cluster Competition\, job fair\nRegistration opens: July 8\, 2026
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/sc26-supercomputing-2026/
LOCATION:McCormick Place\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Computing & AI
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261116T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261119T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T151502Z
CREATED:20260418T140536Z
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UID:2723-1794816000-1795107600@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:RE+ 2026
DESCRIPTION:North America’s largest clean energy trade show — 40\,000+ attendees across solar\, energy storage\, microgrids\, and grid infrastructure. Produced by SEIA and SEPA\, it pulls together utility-scale solar developers\, battery integrators\, EPCs\, inverter manufacturers\, and utility buyers. \nFor data center operators\, RE+ is where you source everything upstream of the fence line: PPA counterparties\, battery energy storage systems\, on-site solar integrators\, and the grid-interactive hardware vendors shaping how hyperscalers and colos connect to increasingly constrained power grids. The utility-storage and microgrid tracks are especially relevant as new DC builds weigh behind-the-meter generation to bypass multi-year interconnect queues. \nProduced by: SEIA (Solar Energy Industries Association) + SEPA (Smart Electric Power Alliance)\nFocus: Utility-scale solar\, battery energy storage\, microgrids\, inverters\, interconnection\, renewable energy development\nRelevance to DC: PPA procurement\, behind-the-meter solar and BESS for colo/hyperscale\, microgrid design for power-constrained builds\, battery integrator and EPC sourcing
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/re-plus-2026/
LOCATION:Las Vegas Convention Center\, Las Vegas\, NV\, United States
CATEGORIES:Energy & Sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261117T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261120T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T215151Z
CREATED:20260421T215151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T215151Z
UID:2733-1794902400-1795194000@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:Microsoft Ignite 2026
DESCRIPTION:Microsoft’s flagship technical conference\, covering Azure\, AI services\, and the full Microsoft infrastructure stack. \nIgnite is where Azure’s infrastructure roadmap gets announced — new VM sizes\, GPU instance types\, and datacenter region expansions. If you’re running workloads on Azure or designing hybrid infrastructure\, the capacity and architecture announcements here directly affect your planning. \nProduced by: MicrosoftAttendance: 25\,000+ (typical for in-person + virtual)Focus: Azure cloud infrastructure\, AI/Copilot platform\, security\, developer tools\, hybrid/edge computingRelevance to DC: Azure datacenter architecture announcements\, custom silicon (Maia\, Cobalt)\, liquid cooling deployments\, sustainability initiatives
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/microsoft-ignite-2026/
LOCATION:Moscone Center\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Computing & AI
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261118T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261119T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T214605Z
CREATED:20260421T213407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T214605Z
UID:2956-1794992400-1795107600@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:DataCentres Ireland 2026
DESCRIPTION:DataCentres Ireland\, now in its thirteenth year\, is the country’s primary gathering for data center owners\, operators\, suppliers\, and policymakers. Two days at the RDS in Dublin draw 100+ exhibitors and 2\,000+ professionals across a free-to-attend exhibition and a multi-stream conference covering colocation\, AI\, power\, cooling\, sustainability\, and regulatory frameworks. \nIreland matters out of proportion to its size. Dublin hosts one of Europe’s densest hyperscale clusters\, and the country’s evolving stance on new-build connections — the interaction between EirGrid capacity\, on-site generation\, and grid injection — has become a reference case for how mature European markets handle data center load growth. What the Irish regulators decide tends to arrive elsewhere in Europe within a couple of years. \nAttend if you operate in Ireland\, supply the Irish market\, finance European data-center assets\, or want the clearest early read on how European grid-connection policy is heading. The conference’s Irish-operator panels are particularly direct about what’s working and what isn’t — much more useful than the rosier view of the same issues at larger continental shows.
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/datacentres-ireland-2026/
LOCATION:RDS\, Dublin\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Data Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261125T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261125T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T215151Z
CREATED:20260421T215151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T215151Z
UID:2735-1795593600-1795626000@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:Data Center Nation Zurich
DESCRIPTION:The UK’s largest data center conference\, covering the London market and broader UK/European operations. London remains Europe’s largest data center market by capacity. \nSessions cover UK grid constraints\, sustainability regulations\, and cooling design for the British climate. Practical for operators and engineers working in the UK market\, with a strong networking component across European DC professionals. \nProduced by: Data Center NationFormat: One-day regional summitFocus: Swiss and DACH-region DC market\, financial services hosting\, data sovereignty\, alpine climate cooling advantages\, renewable hydropowerAudience: Regional DC operators\, enterprise IT\, financial institutions\, government stakeholders
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/data-center-nation-zurich/
LOCATION:Messe Zürich\, Zurich\, Switzerland
CATEGORIES:Data Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261130T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261204T170000
DTSTAMP:20261015T234957Z
CREATED:20260417T193717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261015T234957Z
UID:2737-1796025600-1796403600@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:AWS re:Invent 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Optical Fiber Communication Conference — the definitive technical event for optical networking. 700+ papers and a major vendor expo covering transceivers\, fiber\, amplifiers\, and photonic integrated circuits. \nOFC is where 800G/1.6T transceiver roadmaps\, co-packaged optics progress\, and new fiber standards are presented in full technical detail. If you’re designing data center network fabrics or evaluating optical interconnect strategies\, this is the most important event on the calendar. \nProduced by: Amazon Web Services\nLocation: Las Vegas\, NV\nAttendance: 60\,000+ (typical)\nFocus: AWS cloud services\, AI/ML infrastructure\, serverless\, networking\, security\, custom chips (Graviton\, Trainium\, Inferentia)\nRelevance to DC: AWS datacenter innovations\, Nitro architecture\, custom silicon announcements\, sustainability commitments\, water and energy efficiency
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/aws-reinvent-2026/
LOCATION:Multiple venues on Las Vegas Strip\, Las Vegas\, NV\, United States
CATEGORIES:Computing & AI
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261201T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261203T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T193741Z
CREATED:20260417T193741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T193741Z
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SUMMARY:Advancing Data Center Construction East 2026
DESCRIPTION:Advancing Data Center Construction East is the flagship event in the Advancing Construction series\, and the largest annual gathering focused specifically on the physical construction of data centers. The Atlanta event draws general contractors\, MEP engineering firms\, commissioning agents\, project managers\, and developer representatives from across the eastern US and beyond. \nThe conference covers the full construction lifecycle: site development\, foundation and structural work\, electrical and mechanical systems installation\, commissioning\, and turnover. With data center construction timelines under intense pressure from AI-driven demand\, sessions increasingly focus on schedule acceleration\, prefabrication\, modular construction\, and workforce development for the specialized trades required in DC buildout. \nProduced by: Advancing ConstructionFocus: DC construction lifecycle\, MEP engineering\, commissioning\, modular/prefab\, workforceFormat: 3-day flagship conference with facility tours
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/advancing-data-center-construction-east-2026/
LOCATION:Atlanta Venue TBD\, Atlanta\, GA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Construction & Design
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20270112T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20270113T170000
DTSTAMP:20261016T003935Z
CREATED:20261016T003934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261016T003935Z
UID:5213-1799744400-1799859600@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:4th Net-Zero Data Centre Summit Europe 2027
DESCRIPTION:The fourth edition of Future Bridge’s Berlin summit on decarbonizing data center operations. Two days of operator case studies and regulatory briefings on the specific mechanics of hitting net-zero targets: heat reuse into district networks\, on-site generation and storage\, 24/7 carbon-free energy matching\, and the reporting obligations now attached to European data centers under the Energy Efficiency Directive. \nThis is a practitioner event rather than a policy one. The sessions worth planning around are the ones where an operator walks through the engineering of a specific heat-reuse connection or a behind-the-meter battery project\, including the parts that did not work. Berlin’s own district-heating integrations and the German efficiency law make the host city a live case study. \nProduced by: Future Bridge EventsFormat: Two-day summit\, case-study drivenFocus: Net-zero operations\, heat reuse\, carbon-free energy procurement\, EU efficiency reporting\, on-site storageRelevance to data center engineering: Heat-recovery loop design\, BESS integration\, PUE/ERF reporting under the EU Energy Efficiency Directive
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/4th-net-zero-data-centre-summit-europe-2027/
LOCATION:Eurostars Berlin\, Friedrichstraße 99\, Berlin\, 10117\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Energy & Sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20270117T090000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20270120T170000
DTSTAMP:20261016T003939Z
CREATED:20261016T003938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261016T003939Z
UID:5214-1800176400-1800464400@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:PTC'27 (Pacific Telecommunications Council Annual Conference)
DESCRIPTION:PTC is where the subsea cable\, carrier\, and data center interconnection industry meets every January. The Pacific Telecommunications Council’s annual conference in Honolulu draws several thousand executives from cable operators\, colocation providers\, cloud networks\, and the investors behind them\, and much of the year’s trans-Pacific capacity gets negotiated in its hotel meeting rooms. \nFor engineers focused on the facility\, PTC is the best single view of where the next cable landing stations and carrier-neutral interconnection hubs will be built\, which determines where the next wave of hyperscale campuses goes. The technical sessions cover subsea system design\, landing-station power and cooling\, and the open-cable and spatial-division-multiplexing developments pushing per-fiber capacity up. Deals happen in the halls; the program is what you attend between them. \nProduced by: Pacific Telecommunications CouncilFormat: Conference plus extensive private meetings; registration requiredFocus: Subsea cables\, carrier interconnection\, trans-Pacific capacity\, data center connectivity\, network investmentRelevance to data center engineering: Cable landing station siting\, interconnection hub design\, where future hyperscale campuses will cluster
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/ptc27-pacific-telecommunications-council-annual-conference/
LOCATION:Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort\, Honolulu\, HI\, United States
CATEGORIES:Networking
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270123T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270127T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T193718Z
CREATED:20260417T193718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T193718Z
UID:2739-1800691200-1801069200@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:ASHRAE Winter Conference 2027
DESCRIPTION:ASHRAE’s winter technical conference — smaller and more focused than the annual meeting\, with concentrated sessions on thermal systems and building performance. \nThe TC 9.9 committee (Data Center Cooling) often uses winter sessions to workshop guideline updates before formal publication. If you want early input into the thermal standards your facility operates under\, attending the working group sessions here is how you get it. \nProduced by: ASHRAEFocus: Building systems\, HVAC engineering\, energy standards\, refrigerant management\, indoor environmental qualityRelevance to DC: TC 9.9 data center thermal guidelines updates\, mechanical system design for high-density racks\, free cooling strategies
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/ashrae-winter-conference-2027/
LOCATION:McCormick Place\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Facilities & Cooling
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270125T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270127T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T193718Z
CREATED:20260417T193718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T193718Z
UID:2740-1800864000-1801069200@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:AHR Expo 2027
DESCRIPTION:The world’s largest HVACR marketplace — 1\,800+ exhibitors and 50\,000+ attendees. Every major cooling equipment manufacturer shows up here. \nThis is where you walk the floor and compare cooling hardware side by side: direct-to-chip liquid cooling systems\, rear-door heat exchangers\, precision air handlers\, CDUs\, and everything in between. If you’re specifying or evaluating cooling equipment\, AHR gives you more options in one venue than months of vendor meetings. \nProduced by: ASHRAE and ARIAttendance: 45\,000+ (typical)Exhibitors: 1\,800+ (typical)Focus: HVACR equipment\, systems\, and technologies — the industry’s largest trade showRelevance to DC: Chillers\, CRAHs\, cooling towers\, heat exchangers\, and refrigerant technologies used in data center mechanical systems
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/ahr-expo-2027/
LOCATION:McCormick Place\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Facilities & Cooling
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270202T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270204T170000
DTSTAMP:20261016T003941Z
CREATED:20261016T003940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261016T003941Z
UID:5215-1801558800-1801760400@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:DesignCon 2027
DESCRIPTION:DesignCon is the high-speed digital design conference: signal integrity\, power integrity\, PCB and package design\, and the test methods behind every 112G and 224G SerDes link in a modern server. Three days at the Santa Clara Convention Center with a peer-reviewed technical program and an exhibition of test equipment\, connector\, cable\, and materials vendors. \nThe connection to the data center is direct. The interconnect decisions that determine whether a rack runs copper or optics\, how far a 224G link can reach before it needs a retimer\, and what the power-delivery network on an accelerator board looks like are made by the engineers who present here. For anyone specifying or integrating next-generation servers and switches\, the sessions on channel loss budgets\, co-packaged optics\, and board-level power integrity explain the physical limits that end up as rack-layout constraints. \nProduced by: Informa MarketsFormat: Peer-reviewed technical conference plus exhibitionFocus: Signal integrity\, power integrity\, high-speed SerDes\, PCB and package design\, interconnect testRelevance to data center engineering: Copper-versus-optics reach limits\, accelerator power delivery\, server and switch interconnect roadmaps
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/designcon-2027/
LOCATION:Santa Clara Convention Center\, Santa Clara\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Semiconductor
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270208T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270210T170000
DTSTAMP:20261016T003946Z
CREATED:20261016T003943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261016T003946Z
UID:5216-1802077200-1802278800@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:Metro Connect USA 2027
DESCRIPTION:Capacity Media’s Metro Connect is the annual meeting point for the North American fiber\, metro network\, and digital infrastructure investment community. Three days at the Diplomat in Hollywood\, Florida\, with a program built around network operators\, data center developers\, tower and fiber owners\, and the private-equity and infrastructure funds financing them. \nThe relevance for data center engineers is in understanding what gets built where. Metro Connect is where fiber routes to new campus markets get announced\, where the long-haul and middle-mile capacity that AI training clusters depend on is negotiated\, and where the economics of edge and metro sites get argued out by the people writing the checks. The sessions on power-constrained markets and the fiber needed to interconnect distributed training clusters are the most directly useful for facility planning. \nProduced by: Capacity MediaFormat: Conference with structured networking and private meetingsFocus: Metro and long-haul fiber\, network investment\, data center connectivity\, edge infrastructureRelevance to data center engineering: Fiber availability in emerging campus markets\, interconnection for distributed AI clusters\, infrastructure financing trends
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/metro-connect-usa-2027/
LOCATION:Diplomat Beach Resort\, Hollywood\, FL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Networking
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270214T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270218T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T193718Z
CREATED:20260417T193718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T193718Z
UID:2742-1802592000-1802970000@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:BICSI Winter 2027
DESCRIPTION:ICT infrastructure conference with technical tracks on structured cabling\, network design\, and data center infrastructure standards. BICSI certifications (RCDD\, DCDC) are well-recognized in the industry. \nSessions on high-density cabling for AI clusters\, fiber pathway design\, and power distribution within the cabinet are all practical for data center engineers. Also a good opportunity to earn continuing education credits for BICSI certifications. \nProduced by: BICSI (Building Industry Consulting Service International)Focus: ICT cabling\, data center design standards (BICSI-002)\, structured cabling systems\, installation practices\, certificationRelevance to DC: BICSI-002 is one of the three major DC design standards alongside TIA-942 and Uptime Tier classifications
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/bicsi-winter-2027/
LOCATION:Orange County Convention Center\, Orlando\, FL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Data Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270214T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270218T170000
DTSTAMP:20261016T003951Z
CREATED:20261016T003949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261016T003951Z
UID:5217-1802595600-1802970000@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:ISSCC 2027
DESCRIPTION:The IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference is the premier venue for chip design research. Every February at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis\, the processor\, memory\, and power-management teams at the major silicon vendors and research labs present the circuits that will ship two to four years later. The 2027 theme is trusted\, sustainable silicon intelligence from edge to cloud. \nData center engineers do not need to follow the transistor-level detail to get value from ISSCC. The plenary and the processor and memory sessions are where the thermal design power\, voltage\, and bandwidth numbers for the next generation of accelerators and HBM stacks are first disclosed\, and those numbers set the rack power and cooling requirements that facilities will have to meet. The power-management sessions on integrated voltage regulators and 48V-to-point-of-load conversion are equally relevant to anyone planning power distribution for dense compute. \nProduced by: IEEE Solid-State Circuits SocietyFormat: Peer-reviewed technical conference with tutorials\, forums\, short course\, and demonstration sessionsFocus: Processor and accelerator circuits\, memory\, power management ICs\, high-speed I/O\, securityRelevance to data center engineering: Early disclosure of next-generation chip TDP and bandwidth\, integrated power delivery\, HBM and interconnect roadmaps
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/isscc-2027/
LOCATION:San Francisco Marriott Marquis\, 780 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Semiconductor
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20270301T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20270304T170000
DTSTAMP:20261016T003955Z
CREATED:20261016T003953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261016T003955Z
UID:5218-1803891600-1804179600@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:SupercomputingAsia 2027 (SCA2027)
DESCRIPTION:SupercomputingAsia is the region’s annual HPC and AI infrastructure conference\, hosted by the National Supercomputing Centre Singapore and co-organized with the HPC centers of Japan\, Australia\, Thailand\, and Korea. Four days of technical sessions\, workshops\, and an exhibition covering the supercomputers\, networks\, and facilities that national research programs and sovereign AI initiatives across Asia are building. \nThe facility and operations track is the reason to attend from a data center engineering standpoint. National HPC centers were running liquid-cooled\, 50 kW-plus racks years before commercial AI clusters made it common\, and SCA is where their operators compare notes on warm-water cooling\, power capping\, and the practical problems of running tightly coupled clusters at scale in tropical climates. Singapore’s own constraints on power and water make the host city a useful reference for dense-compute siting anywhere in Southeast Asia. Venue to be announced by the organizer. \nProduced by: National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) SingaporeFormat: Conference\, workshops\, and exhibitionFocus: HPC\, AI infrastructure\, sovereign compute\, research networks\, HPC facility operationsRelevance to data center engineering: Warm-water liquid cooling at scale\, power management for tightly coupled clusters\, tropical-climate siting
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/supercomputingasia-2027-sca2027/
LOCATION:Singapore\, Singapore\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Computing & AI
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270307T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270311T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T193719Z
CREATED:20260417T193719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T193719Z
UID:2746-1804406400-1804784400@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:OFC 2027
DESCRIPTION:Annual return of the world’s leading power electronics event. Same depth as the 2026 edition — 650+ exhibitors showing the latest in SiC/GaN devices\, power modules\, and thermal management — with an extra year of progress on AI-era power delivery. \nIf you attended in 2026\, come back to see what moved from prototype to production. If you didn’t\, this is the one power electronics event that covers the full stack from discrete components to complete power conversion systems. \nProduced by: Optica (formerly OSA) and IEEE Photonics SocietyAttendance: 15\,000+ (typical)Exhibitors: 700+ (typical)Focus: Optical fiber communication\, photonic integrated circuits\, coherent optics\, 800G/1.6T transceivers\, co-packaged opticsRelevance to DC: The technology roadmap for every fiber link inside and between data centers
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/ofc-2027/
LOCATION:Los Angeles Convention Center\, Los Angeles\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Networking
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270307T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270311T170000
DTSTAMP:20261015T235008Z
CREATED:20260417T193719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261015T235008Z
UID:2744-1804406400-1804784400@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:APEC 2027
DESCRIPTION:The IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference is the leading US event for practicing power electronics engineers. It pairs a rigorous technical program with a sizable exhibition floor\, drawing the engineers who design\, build\, and operate the converters\, semiconductors\, and magnetics that turn raw electricity into something useful. \nFor data center engineers\, the relevance is direct. Sessions on high-efficiency server PSUs\, 48V power delivery architectures\, wide-bandgap (SiC and GaN) converter topologies\, and thermal management for high-density power stages map onto the same problems facility teams face when racks push past 50 kW. The exhibition floor is one of the few places to see new wide-bandgap modules\, gate driver chips\, magnetics\, and current sensors from competing vendors side by side. \nProduced by: IEEE Power Electronics Society\nFormat: Conference plus exhibition\nFocus: Power converter topologies\, wide-bandgap semiconductors (SiC/GaN)\, magnetics\, EMI\, thermal management\nRelevance to data center engineering: Next-gen UPS designs\, 48V power distribution\, high-efficiency server PSUs\, high-density rack power
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/apec-2027/
LOCATION:Ernest N. Morial Convention Center\, New Orleans\, LA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Power Electronics
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270310T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270311T170000
DTSTAMP:20261016T004000Z
CREATED:20261016T003958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261016T004000Z
UID:5219-1804669200-1804784400@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:Data Centre World London 2027
DESCRIPTION:Data Centre World London is the largest data center exhibition in the UK and the anchor of CloserStill’s Tech Show London at ExCeL\, where it co-locates with Cloud & AI Infrastructure\, Cloud & Cyber Security Expo\, Big Data & AI World\, and DevOps Live. Two days\, several hundred exhibitors\, and a free-to-attend conference program that runs across multiple theatres. \nLondon remains Europe’s largest colocation market and the one most constrained by grid capacity\, so the agenda is heavy on the questions UK and European operators are living with: how to secure power for new builds west of the city\, what the grid operator will and will not connect\, how liquid cooling is being deployed in existing halls\, and what the UK’s designation of data centers as critical national infrastructure means for resilience requirements. The exhibition floor is where the European cooling\, power\, and construction supply chain shows new product for the year. \nProduced by: CloserStill MediaFormat: Free-to-attend exhibition plus multi-theatre conference\, co-located with Tech Show LondonFocus: Colocation\, hyperscale\, power and cooling\, construction\, UK and European marketRelevance to data center engineering: Grid-constrained site development\, liquid-cooling retrofit\, European vendor landscape\, UK resilience regulation
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/data-centre-world-london-2027/
LOCATION:ExCeL London\, London\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Data Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270314T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270318T170000
DTSTAMP:20261016T004005Z
CREATED:20261016T004002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261016T004005Z
UID:5220-1805014800-1805389200@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:NVIDIA GTC 2027
DESCRIPTION:NVIDIA’s annual GPU Technology Conference has become the event where the next generation of AI infrastructure gets specified. The keynote sets rack power\, cooling\, and networking requirements for the industry for the following two years; the several hundred technical sessions cover everything from CUDA to the mechanical design of the rack-scale systems the keynote introduces. \nFor facilities engineers\, GTC is required reading even if you never attend. The announcements here are why a 2025 rack was 120 kW and a 2027 rack will be considerably more\, and the sessions from NVIDIA’s data center engineering teams and their partners on liquid-cooling manifolds\, 800 V DC power distribution\, and the thermal envelope of each new platform are the most authoritative source available. The exhibition brings every major server\, cooling\, and power vendor with their reference designs for the current platform. \nProduced by: NVIDIAFormat: Keynote\, technical conference\, training\, exhibitionFocus: AI accelerators\, rack-scale systems\, AI networking\, software\, data center reference designsRelevance to data center engineering: Next-generation rack power and thermal requirements\, liquid-cooling and DC power distribution reference designs\, AI factory facility planning
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/nvidia-gtc-2027/
LOCATION:San Jose McEnery Convention Center\, San Jose\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Computing & AI
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20270315T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20270318T170000
DTSTAMP:20261016T004009Z
CREATED:20261016T004007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261016T004009Z
UID:5221-1805101200-1805389200@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:Datacloud Middle East 2027
DESCRIPTION:BroadGroup’s Datacloud Middle East is the regional edition of the Datacloud congress series\, bringing the investment\, development\, and operations community for Gulf and wider MENA data centers to Dubai each spring. The program pairs operator and hyperscaler sessions with the investor and government track that distinguishes the Datacloud format\, and the awards program is the region’s most visible. \nThe engineering value is in the market intelligence. The Gulf is building sovereign AI capacity at a pace that outstrips its existing grid and cooling infrastructure\, and Datacloud Middle East is where the operators\, utilities\, and construction firms involved describe what they are actually doing about it: district cooling tie-ins\, solar-plus-storage behind the meter\, and modular builds designed for 50°C ambient. If you are evaluating a Gulf project or a Gulf vendor\, this is the room. \nProduced by: BroadGroupFormat: Congress with investor track\, exhibition\, and awardsFocus: MENA data center investment and development\, sovereign AI capacity\, hyperscale\, energyRelevance to data center engineering: Hot-climate cooling design\, district-cooling integration\, behind-the-meter generation\, regional construction practice
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/datacloud-middle-east-2027/
LOCATION:Grand Hyatt Dubai Conference and Exhibition Centre\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Data Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270316T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270318T170000
DTSTAMP:20260428T204744Z
CREATED:20260417T193720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T204744Z
UID:2748-1805184000-1805389200@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:Embedded World 2027
DESCRIPTION:Europe’s largest embedded systems conference and exhibition. Microcontrollers\, edge computing\, real-time systems\, and IoT hardware — the building blocks of monitoring\, control\, and building management systems — get their best annual showing in Nuremberg. \nDCIM and BMS platforms run on embedded hardware. If you’re evaluating sensor networks\, edge controllers for environmental monitoring\, or PLC-based automation for facility systems\, Embedded World is where those components and reference designs are showcased. The exhibition floor also leans heavy on industrial security and functional safety\, both of which apply to OT-side controls in modern data centers. \nProduced by: NürnbergMesse\nFormat: Conference plus exhibition\nFocus: Embedded systems\, IoT\, edge computing\, industrial automation\, functional safety\nRelevance to data center engineering: BMC/IPMI firmware\, DCIM sensor networks\, edge computing hardware\, facility monitoring and controls
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/embedded-world-2027/
LOCATION:NürnbergMesse\, Nuremberg\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Semiconductor
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20270505T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20270507T170000
DTSTAMP:20261016T004013Z
CREATED:20261016T004011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261016T004013Z
UID:5222-1809507600-1809709200@thedatacenterengineer.com
SUMMARY:Data Center Frontier Trends Summit 2027
DESCRIPTION:Data Center Frontier’s Trends Summit is a deliberately small executive conference\, capped at a few hundred attendees\, built around the editorial team’s reporting on where the industry is headed. The fourth edition moves west to Glendale\, Arizona\, into the middle of one of the largest hyperscale construction markets in the country. \nThe format is panels and moderated conversation rather than exhibition\, and the speakers are the operators\, developers\, utilities\, and policy people making decisions about gigawatt-scale campuses. Expect the power conversation to dominate: on-site generation\, nuclear and gas partnerships\, grid interconnection queues\, and what the utilities in Arizona and Texas are telling large-load customers. Location is part of the program; Phoenix-area site tours have been a feature of previous editions. \nProduced by: Data Center Frontier (Endeavor Business Media)Format: Invitation-style executive summit\, limited attendance\, site toursFocus: Industry trends\, power and energy strategy\, hyperscale development\, policyRelevance to data center engineering: Large-load power procurement\, on-site generation strategy\, desert-climate campus design
URL:https://thedatacenterengineer.com/event/data-center-frontier-trends-summit-2027/
LOCATION:Renaissance Glendale Hotel & Spa\, Glendale\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Energy & Sustainability
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