Future-Proof Facility Design for High-Density, High-Performance Workloads to Deliver New Capacity Faster Amid the AI Boom

The West Coast data center market is at a critical inflection point, shaped by rapidly accelerating AI demand, constrained power availability, rising land and energy costs and some of the most complex critical environments in North America. GPU-driven workloads are pushing rack densities into unprecedented territory, accelerating the shift toward liquid cooling and higher-density electrical architectures, while exposing the limits of traditional design assumptions and driving costly mid-project redesigns. This is creating a backdrop where hyperscalers, colocators, neocloud providers, and engineering teams are being forced to rethink how facilities are designed from the ground up.

That's why Advancing Data Center Design & Engineering West 2026 returns bigger and better than ever to bring together 200+ hyperscalers, colocators, developers, architects, and engineering leaders for a focused, solution-led forum dedicated to the engineering decisions shaping next-generation facilities. Across two tracks of strategic and technical sessions, case studies, and peer-led discussions, you will engage directly with the challenges defining today’s design landscape and contribute to the conversations shaping how the industry responds.

Walk away with insights and practical approaches to:

• Designing for AI-driven rack densities and evolving thermal loads
• Building flexible electrical and cooling architectures that support long-term change
• Navigating grid constraints, power procurement challenges, and utility limitations
• Accelerating modular, prefabricated, and scalable design strategies
• Integrating liquid cooling, hybrid systems, and advanced heat rejection approaches
• Addressing site selection, permitting complexity and regional regulatory pressures
• Aligning lifecycle design decisions with rapidly evolving AI infrastructure demands

In a region where infrastructure assumptions are being rewritten mid-design, the value lies in being part of the conversations driving real decisions. You will leave with clearer design direction, validated approaches from peers facing the same constraints, and practical frameworks to de-risk projects, accelerate delivery, and design data centers capable of scaling through the next wave of AI-driven demand.