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Data Centers: What Can You Expect?

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Data center operators come to ITW to meet leaders from carriers, cloud providers and hyperscalers - a platform for vital discussions around interconnectivity and fiber provision.

Data center operators face surging AI and cloud demand, but power, land, permitting and rising build costs are major constraints. To stay competitive, operators must scale fast, secure power, expand into new markets and strengthen interconnection - and ITW attracts the C-suites of the companies that can help achieve this. Equally, attendees look to data center operators for support in:

✔ Identifying which Tier 2/3 markets to deploy networks

✔ Sourcing data center capacity for HPC requirements and application processing workloads

✔ Deploying cable landing stations to partner with subsea cable systems

What Data Center Operators seek

✔ Reliable power and long-term energy strategies

✔ Stronger relationships with hyperscalers and enterprise buyers

✔ Robust connectivity ecosystems - carriers, cloud, subsea and satellite

✔ Capital to accelerate development

✔ Differentiation through sustainability, efficiency and automation

✔ Access to emerging markets

Data center operators who joined us in 2025 include:

Data centers at ITW 2026

What you'll gain at ITW

Supercharge your Hyperscaler & Cloud Engagement

Engage with customers driving future demand and learn their requirements for power, sustainability, network diversity and scale.

Forge new Connectivity Partnerships

Meet carriers, fiber builders, subsea operators and satellite providers to strengthen your interconnection ecosystem and deliver low-latency, multi-path connectivity.

Tap into AI & Digital Infrastructure insights

Understand how AI workloads, cloud expansion and sovereign requirements impact power, location strategy, fiber routes and network design - directly from the partners shaping your decisions.

Validate market expansion

Connect with local carriers, regulators, investors and power suppliers to de-risk site selection, speed deployment and access emerging hubs.

Accelerate Essential Relationships

Secure fiber, power, partners, customers and capital - all in one place. ITW is the most efficient environment to advance your strategy.

ITW SESSIONS FOR DATA CENTER OPERATORS

Panel: Debunking the data center misinformation dilemma  

19 May 2026  |  10:40 – 11:20  |  Woodrow Wilson Stage  |  Full Details

Keynote Panel: Powering the AI surge: telcos, hyperscalers & data centers in sync

19 May 2026  |  11:10 – 12:00  |  Digital Infra Stage  |  Full Details

Keynote Panel: The quest for sovereign AI meets the edge-cloud infrastructure battle

19 May 2026  |  12:00 – 13:00  |  Digital Infra Stage  |  Full Details

Meet the Leaders Networking Round Tables: AI & Data Infrastructure

19 May 2026  |  13:00 – 15:00  |  Digital Infra Stage  |  Full Details

READY TO SCALE?