Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming every major industry — from banking and mining to healthcare, retail and government. But AI doesn’t exist without infrastructure.
It requires data centres, energy, land, capital and connectivity.
The Data Centre Leaders Summit 2027 brings together the organisations responsible for delivering this infrastructure – and the companies driving demand for it.
This is where Australia’s AI infrastructure future is defined.
AI growth depends on more than technology. It depends on data centres, energy, capital, land and connectivity. The Data Centre & AI Leaders Summit brings together the organisations driving demand and the leaders responsible for delivering the infrastructure behind Australia's AI economy.
Day one focuses on the infrastructure powering Australia's AI economy. Day two focuses on winning the AI infrastructure race, tackling the critical issues of power, policy, global competition and faster delivery.
Join the conversation and tackle real industry challenges with peers. Choose from 30+ roundtables covering planning, capital, prefabrication, AI design, sustainability, energy, financing, workforce and project delivery.
Explore Australia's largest exhibition dedicated to the technology and solutions supporting AI infrastructure, digital infrastructure and next-generation data centres.
Day Two moves from strategy to execution. Delegates select one of three specialist Executive Forums: BUILD, DELIVER or PROTECT. One summit. Three specialist pathways.
Connect before, during and after the Summit, from pre-summit drinks at Zeta Bar to the post-summit networking dinner at Ivy Ballroom.
Dive deeper with practical post-Summit sessions focused on social licence and energy strategy.
The conversations continue before, during and after the conference program.
Monday, 15 March 2027 | 18:00–20:00
Zeta Bar, Hilton Sydney
Meet the industry before the Summit begins and start the conversations that continue across DCAI.
Tuesday, 16 March 2027 | 19:00–22:00
Ivy Ballroom
Continue the conversations after hours with leaders from across Australia's AI infrastructure market.
Day 1 explores the infrastructure powering Australia’s AI economy, from the global AI outlook and Australia’s competitive position to the rise of AI factories and growing enterprise demand. Discussions will examine the investment, connectivity and delivery strategies needed to support the next wave of AI infrastructure.
Day 2 focuses on what it will take for Australia to win the AI infrastructure race, tackling power, policy, global competition and faster delivery. In the afternoon, delegates choose from specialist Executive Forums before reconvening to shape Australia’s AI Infrastructure Roadmap.
How leading developers are reducing planning risk, accelerating approvals and building lasting community support for new data centre developments.
Planning, procuring, designing and operating the next generation of digital infrastructure.
Reconnect with industry peers, meet new connections and explore Australia’s largest exhibition dedicated to AI infrastructure, digital infrastructure and next-generation data centres.
Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing how cloud infrastructure is designed, operated and scaled. In this international keynote, AWS shares how one of the world’s largest digital infrastructure businesses is preparing for exponential AI growth while maintaining resilience, efficiency and operational excellence
Global investment in AI infrastructure is accelerating. Can Australia attract sufficient capital, energy and policy support to become a genuine regional leader – or will it miss the opportunity?
Australia has the opportunity to become a regional AI infrastructure powerhouse. What policy settings, infrastructure investment and energy reform will be required to achieve this ambition?
Australia's premier exhibition of AI infrastructure technology opens
One of the things that make DCAI different from every other conference is that delegates don’t simply sit and listen. They participate.
Choose two facilitated executive discussions from fifteen specialist roundtables covering planning, capital, prefabrication, AI design, sustainability, energy, financing, workforce and project delivery.
As data centres become denser, more distributed and increasingly mission-critical, physical security has moved from the perimeter to the rack. This presentation explores why operators are investing in smarter access control, auditability and integrated security platforms to improve resilience and operational governance.
The afternoon shifts from vision to execution. Having explored the forces driving AI infrastructure demand, delegates now examine the capital, investment and enterprise adoption required to accelerate Australia's digital infrastructure build-out.
Delivering AI infrastructure at scale requires unprecedented investment. This executive briefing explores how leading developers are financing hyperscale campuses, attracting institutional capital and planning for the enormous energy and infrastructure demands of the AI economy.
IREN’s planned 800MW Bundey campus in South Australia is one of the largest AI infrastructure projects announced in the Asia-Pacific and signals a potentially significant shift in Australia’s data centre landscapThis fireside chat will explore the strategy behind IREN’s first announced Australian data centre campus, what it takes to deliver AI infrastructure at unprecedented scale, and the opportunity for Australia to emerge as a major regional hub for AI compute.
Institutional investors, sovereign capital and infrastructure funds are reshaping the digital infrastructure landscape. This executive panel examines where investment is flowing, how projects are being valued and what investors now expect from developers seeking capital.
Most organisations are no longer experimenting with AI – they’re beginning to operationalise it. As AI moves into production environments, enterprise demand for secure, resilient and sovereign digital infrastructure will accelerate rapidly.
This discussion brings together technology leaders from banking, telecommunications and manufacturing to explore what enterprise AI adoption will mean for Australia’s next generation of data centres.
Artificial intelligence is driving unprecedented requirements for bandwidth, latency and interconnection. This case study examines why connectivity is now one of the earliest design considerations for modern AI data centres and how network architecture is influencing speed to market and long-term scalability.
Demand for AI infrastructure is accelerating faster than ever before. The question is no longer whether Australia needs more capacity – it is whether enough power, land, water, capital and construction capability can be mobilised quickly enough to meet that demand.
This closing discussion brings together leaders responsible for energy, utilities, planning, infrastructure and development to examine what must happen over the next decade if Australia is to remain globally competitive
WINNING THE AI RACE: Securing Power • Accelerating Delivery • Building Resilience The second day moves from strategy to execution, exploring the practical decisions required to deliver the next generation of AI infrastructure at speed and scale.
Yesterday we explored why AI infrastructure matters. Today is about how Australia delivers it.
Join Timothy Hibbert, Head of Property & Building Forecasting at Oxford Economics, as he explores the rapid growth and economic significance of data centres across Australia. With data centres to be one of Australia’s most significant investment frontiers, attendees will gain valuable insight into the broader construction landscape ahead. In this session, Timothy will provide a comprehensive state of play for data centre development, including:
Artificial intelligence is reshaping demand faster than any previous technology cycle. This keynote explores how owners and operators must rethink infrastructure planning, investment and operational priorities to support AI at scale.
Major regional developments such as Project Ares and Firmus Technologies are signalling a shift in where Australia’s next generation of AI infrastructure could be built. This discussion explores how regional data centres could transform national competitiveness, accelerate AI adoption, unlock new energy and infrastructure investment, and drive long-term economic growth beyond the capital cities.
No issue will shape Australia’s AI ambitions more than access to reliable power. This panel examines the growing competition for energy, the role of renewable generation and the reforms required to support exponential infrastructure growth.
Continue networking with Australia's leading AI infrastructure community while exploring the latest technologies, products and solutions showcased across the exhibition
In this Special Industry Address, Kane Thornton, Head of Strategic Impact at CDC Data Centres, explores what the next generation of Australia’s digital infrastructure will look like and how the industry can continue to grow while maintaining the social licence required to support that growth.
Drawing on his extensive background in Australia’s energy sector and his new role with one of the country’s leading data centre operators, Kane will examine the intersection between digital infrastructure, energy and communities and why solving these challenges will be critical to Australia’s ambitions as a major regional hub for AI and digital infrastructure.
Key Discussion Points
AI is rewriting the rules of data centre design. From unprecedented power densities to new cooling demands, this keynote examines what it truly takes to build infrastructure that keeps pace with AI.
Demand for AI infrastructure is accelerating throughout the region. Drawing on experience across multiple international markets, this session examines the lessons Australia can learn from the next generation of digital infrastructure projects.
Australia is entering an unprecedented period of investment in data centres and AI infrastructure, creating enormous economic opportunity but also raising important questions around power, water, sustainability and community impact.
Australia’s opportunity depends on more than private investment. This address explores how industry and government can work together to accelerate planning, investment and regulation while maintaining community confidence.
Meet the people shaping Australia's AI infrastructure ecosystem while exploring the exhibition
Three specialist forums. One shared objective. Every delegate faces different challenges. Some are securing power. Some are delivering projects. Some are protecting critical infrastructure. To maximise relevance and practical value, delegates now move into one of three specialist Executive Forums before reconvening for the summit's closing plenary.
This presentation from the global head of data centres at international law firm, White & Case, will explore the key legal challenges shaping data centre acquisition, development, leasing and operations. The session will highlight practical risks, evolving market practices and strategies to mitigate exposures while enabling growth in an intensively competitive sector.
OPENING REMARKS
Setting the scene for a forum focused on one of the industry's biggest challenges: how Australia can continue scaling digital infrastructure while responding to growing pressure around power, water, carbon and community impact.
EXECUTIVE PANEL: Can AI Scale Sustainably? The Infrastructure challenge
As AI drives rapid infrastructure growth, sustainability is becoming a critical development constraint. This panel explores how owners, utilities and technology leaders are responding.
• Energy & carbon: Can efficiency and decarbonisation gains keep pace with rapidly rising electricity demand?
• Water & cooling: Can higher-density and liquid-cooled infrastructure scale without increasing pressure on potable water?
• Social licence: How can operators address community concerns around growing energy and water consumption?
• From ambition to delivery: Turning corporate sustainability commitments into practical, measurable outcomes at site level
Panellists include:
CASE STUDY: AI, Data sovereignty and the future of data centre demand
How enterprise AI is changing infrastructure requirements, data sovereignty priorities and the role of cloud, colocation and data centre providers.
• AI-driven infrastructure demand: How quickly will enterprise production workloads translate into new secure local capacity requirements?
• Data sovereignty: Which business-critical workloads require Australian-hosted compute and data?
• Cloud, colocation and hybrid strategies: How are enterprises balancing flexibility, control, cost and sovereignty?
• Resilience: What infrastructure standards are required as AI becomes embedded in business-critical operations?
EXECUTIVE PANEL: Who will build and operate the next generation of AI infrastructure?
Australia's infrastructure pipeline is expanding faster than the industry's talent pool. What must change to attract, develop and retain the people required to support future growth?
• Skills gap: Where the most critical shortages will emerge across engineering, trades, commissioning, operations and digital capability
• Expanding the talent pool: Attracting people from energy, resources, defence, manufacturing and other adjacent industries
• Career pathways and partnerships: Building stronger links between industry, universities, TAFEs and specialist training programs
• Retention and scale: Competing for scarce talent while growing the workforce quickly enough to deliver the project pipeline
Panellists:
INDUSTRY ADDRESS: Powering the next generation of data
How energy-market reform, grid investment and emerging technologies will shape Australia's ability to support future AI infrastructure.
• Market reform: What energy-market settings are needed to support very large, flexible new loads?
• Grid investment: Where transmission and connection infrastructure must expand first
• Firming technologies: How storage, gas and other technologies can complement renewable generation
• Demand flexibility: Can data centres help the grid by adapting when and how they consume power?
OPENING REMARKS
Exploring how developers, contractors and technology partners can accelerate delivery while maintaining quality, resilience and certainty.
EXECUTIVE PANEL: The Delivery Decade: How can Australia turn our DC pipeline into operational capacity - faster and at scale?
AI is compressing project timelines and making speed to market a competitive advantage. This panel examines where delivery can genuinely be accelerated.
• Faster delivery: Where can months genuinely be removed across design, approvals, construction and commissioning?
• Prefabrication & standardisation: What can be manufactured off-site, and where does customisation remain essential?
• Supply chain & workforce: Managing long-lead equipment and constrained construction capacity as hyperscale development accelerates
• Earlier collaboration: Bringing owners, designers, contractors and suppliers together sooner to reduce risk, delays and sequential procurement
Building a Hyperscale AI Data Centre: A practical look at how AI is changing the design and delivery of hyperscale infrastructure
• High-density design: Adapting electrical, structural and data-hall architecture for rapidly increasing AI rack densities
• Power & cooling: Rethinking electrical and thermal infrastructure to support unprecedented compute density
• Integration & resilience: Coordinating compute, electrical, mechanical and control systems while rethinking traditional redundancy models
• Flexibility & scale: Designing infrastructure that can expand from tens to hundreds of megawatts without premature obsolescence or major redesign
From the Ground Up: Managing static risk in mission-critical data centres
How ESD flooring helps protect sensitive equipment, reduce operational risk and support resilient, high-performance data centre environments.
SITE ACQUISITION PANEL: Finding the right site before the race begins: Site selection, planning & project readiness
Power, planning and infrastructure readiness increasingly determine whether a site can actually become a data centre — and how quickly.
• Power and project readiness: Why deliverable power and connection certainty are becoming decisive site-selection criteria
• Planning and environmental risk: Identifying approvals, biodiversity, water, noise and other constraints before committing development capital
• Infrastructure and location: Balancing land, fibre, water and workforce requirements across metropolitan and regional markets
• Fostering Social License: Community and delivery risk: Building social licence and distinguishing genuinely development-ready sites from theoretical opportunities
Panellists:
FIRESIDE CHAT: Faster Delivery Starts Earlier: Rethinking power infrastructure through smarter supply chains & partnerships
Delivering critical power infrastructure faster requires earlier planning, stronger supply chains and closer collaboration across owners, contractors and manufacturers.
• Early decisions: Identifying the design and pre-construction choices with the greatest impact on delivery time and project certainty
• AI-ready electrical infrastructure: Designing power systems around rapidly changing density requirements
• Long-lead equipment: How can procurement strategies reduce exposure to transformers, switchgear and other critical equipment bottlenecks?
• Supply-chain partnerships: Moving from transactional procurement towards strategic owner-contractor-manufacturer relationships
• Lessons from delivery: What recent projects tell us about where schedules are actually won or lost
OPENING REMARKS
The Insurability Challenge Facing the AI Infrastructure Boom
How larger, denser and increasingly critical data centres are reshaping risk and creating new challenges for owners, insurers and reinsurers.
Can Insurance Keep Pace with the AI Infrastructure Boom?
AI infrastructure is creating increasingly valuable and complex assets. Can insurance capacity and underwriting models evolve quickly enough to support the next wave of investment?
• Scale and concentration: How billion-dollar campuses and concentrated compute values are changing the size and nature of insured exposures
• A distinct risk class: Whether AI data centres require different underwriting approaches from traditional property and infrastructure
• Capacity and appetite: Can insurance and reinsurance markets grow quickly enough to support investment while adapting to new technologies?
• Future insurability: How global underwriting trends and risk concentration could ultimately influence project finance and development
EXECUTIVE PANEL: Examining the state of the market: Underwriting the world's fastest growing asset class
How insurers and reinsurers are responding to rapidly increasing investment, changing exposures and evolving risk appetite.
• Capacity, pricing and appetite: How insurers are responding as asset values, investment and exposure increase rapidly
• Coverage evolution: Where exclusions, sub-limits or tighter terms are emerging as technology and risk profiles change
• Construction versus operations: How accelerated delivery, commissioning and business-critical operations create different risk challenges
• Global outlook: How Australian underwriting compares internationally and whether new risk-engineering or shared-risk models will emerge
Panellists:
CASE STUDY: CLIENT-SIDE INDUSTRY BRIEFING : In the race to build: Don't leave resilience behind
• Designing resilience in from day one
• Protecting the infrastructure that keeps facilities running
• Understanding the true cost of downtime
PANEL DISCUSSION: The risks keeping underwriters awake at night: separating perception from reality in data centre risk
Which data centre risks genuinely warrant concern - and where may perceptions be running ahead of the engineering reality?
• Density, fire and thermal risk: Separating genuine engineering exposure from perceptions surrounding high-density AI infrastructure
• Cooling, power and interruption: Understanding failure scenarios that could create major operational and business-interruption losses
• Construction and emerging threats: Assessing commissioning risk, cyber-physical exposure and natural catastrophe vulnerability
• Lessons from claims: What actual loss experience reveals about where risk models and engineering assumptions need to change
Continue networking with Australia's leading AI infrastructure community while exploring the latest technologies, products and solutions showcased across the exhibition.
AI is changing data centre design fundamentals. This panel examines how facilities are being planned for higher densities, new cooling requirements and rapidly evolving compute technologies.
Two days. Three Executive Forums. One shared challenge: building the infrastructure that will power Australia's AI future.
AI is changing data centre design fundamentals. This panel examines how facilities are being planned for higher densities, new cooling requirements and rapidly evolving compute technologies.
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WHAT'S NEW IN 2027
A new era for the Data Centre Leaders Summit.
In 2027, the Summit evolves beyond a traditional data centre event.
We're bringing the full ecosystem into one room — from hyperscalers and AI companies to enterprise leaders, energy providers, government and investors.
Explore how AI adoption is accelerating across industries — and what that means for infrastructure, capacity and long-term planning.
A sharper focus on the energy systems required to power AI — from grid capacity to renewables and firming solutions.
Understand what it takes to deliver the next generation of data centre infrastructure — and the investment required to make it happen.
Two days. One critical challenge.
Understanding demand for infrastructure
Energy and infrastructure delivery
The Summit brings together senior decision makers from across:
The leader in enterprise automation, Workato helps organizations work faster and smarter without compromising security and governance. Built for Business and IT users, Workato is trusted by over 17,000 of the world’s top brands, including Broadcom, Intuit, and Box. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., Workato is backed by Altimeter Capital, Battery Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, Tiger Global, and Redpoint Ventures. For more information, visit workato.com or connect with us on social media:
Blog: https://www.workato.com/the-connector/
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IFS develops and delivers cloud enterprise software for companies around the world who manufacture and distribute goods, build and maintain assets, and manage service-focused operations. Within our single platform, our industry specific products are innately connected to a single data model and use embedded digital innovation so that our customers can be their best when it really matters to their customers – at the Moment of Service™.
The industry expertise of our people and of our growing ecosystem, together with a commitment to deliver value at every single step, has made IFS a recognized leader and the most recommended supplier in our sector. Our global team of over 7,000 employees every day live our values of agility, trustworthiness and collaboration in how we support thousands of customers. Learn more about how our enterprise software solutions can help your business today at ifs.com.
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Two summit days are only part of the experience. Step into executive discussions, specialist forums, technology showcases and networking environments designed to turn industry conversation into real connection.
Day One examines the forces driving Australia's AI economy. Day Two moves from strategy to execution, tackling power, policy, competition and the delivery challenge ahead.
Choose facilitated specialist discussions and work through live challenges with peers across planning, power, design, prefabrication, risk, workforce, delivery and AI infrastructure.
Explore solutions across power, cooling, connectivity, automation, construction, security and digital infrastructure, with the organisations solving the sector's delivery challenges.
On Day Two, move into one of three specialist pathways: Building Sustainable AI Infrastructure, Delivering AI Infrastructure at Scale, or Protecting AI Infrastructure.
Start early at the Pre-Summit Cocktail Party, continue through the AI Infrastructure Networking Reception, then take the conversation to the official industry dinner at Ivy Ballroom.
Extend the experience with practical half-day masterclasses focused on Social Licence for Data Centres and Energy Strategy for AI Data Centres.
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A&I Coatings is a leading Australian manufacturer of high-performance protective coatings, with a specialised focus on advanced floor coating systems for commercial and industrial environments. The company delivers durable epoxy, polyurethane, polyurea and MMA flooring solutions engineered for long-term performance in demanding conditions.
A&I’s portfolio includes certified ESD (electrostatic dissipative) flooring for electronics, data and controlled environments, as well as high-build non-slip systems designed to improve safety in wet, high-traffic and heavy-duty areas. From warehouses and manufacturing facilities to food processing plants, car parks and architectural spaces, A&I Coatings combines technical expertise, in-house R&D and responsive local manufacturing to provide compliant, reliable and market-leading flooring systems.
CIM Build is an AI drawing review platform that helps developers and builders deliver mission-critical facilities like data centres with fewer design risks, fewer RFIs, and more predictable programs.
WinDC is the missing link between energy and AI. We provide portable, renewable-powered AI Factories and data centres, delivering Australia’s AI and Energy Future. By placing compute directly at the source of clean power, WinDC replaces the slow, expensive, grid-constrained traditional data centre model with AI infrastructure that deploys 8× faster, runs at 50% of the cost, and operates on 100% renewable energy. For more details, visit www.windc.ai.
We want to change the game using the best people, long-lasting relationships and innovation to build tomorrow’s critical infrastructure.
Since its beginning in 1979, AFPRO Filters has secured a leading role in the international air filtration market. By producing high quality air filters and offering outstanding service, we make the world safer, healthier and more productive.
Atlan Stormwater is a family-owned business of over 45 years, we are Australia’s leading Stormwater specialist. We collaborate with developers, councils, engineers, and contractors to create risk-free, sustainable water solutions for the future.
Our products and services cater to your data centre infrastructure requirements with a comprehensive range of locally manufactured stormwater, rainwater, and fire water management assets. Our experienced team provides support across your project lifecycle, throughout design, sales, installation, and maintenance.
By delivering quality-assured, modular technology and utilising Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) project management methodology, we enhance your project’s sustainability, construction timelines, and efficiency gains. Together, we can develop generational water quality and quantity infrastructure to ensure Joy in Water for future generations.
All Purpose Pumps (APP) is Australia’s trusted specialist in fire pump and fire-protection systems, delivering precision-engineered solutions ranging from single pump sets to complex dual and triplex multi-outlet installations. Designed, manufactured, and factory-tested in Australia, using NATA certified testing equipment, APP fire systems are built to AS2941, AS2419 and AS2118 requirements, ensuring compliance and reliable performance in critical applications.
Complementing its fire pump expertise, APP supplies Dominator Panel and Insitu Tanks, engineered to Australian Standards and designed to withstand demanding site conditions while providing dependable fire water storage.
Beyond fire protection, APP delivers engineered pumping solutions for building services, stormwater, rainwater, and industrial applications, supported by over 35 years of industry experience.
Contact us to discuss how Keller can support your next data centre development.
Unleashing intelligence at scale.
Octave is a leader in enterprise software, turning data into decisive action and intelligence into your edge. Our software solves for and simplifies complexity, from the design and build to operations and protection of people, property, and assets — for any scope, at any scale. For decades, we’ve partnered with customers to sharpen performance, elevate efficiency, and amplify results. From factory floors to entire cities, our solutions are tuned to scale up what’s possible from day one onward.
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Moxa is a leading provider of edge connectivity, industrial computing, and network infrastructure solutions for enabling connectivity for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). With over 35 years of industry experience, Moxa has connected more than 111 million devices worldwide and has a distribution and service network that reaches customers in more than 91 countries. Moxa delivers lasting business value by empowering industries with reliable networks and sincere service.
Find more on www.moxa.com, or follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/moxa.
Rentaload is a worldwide Load Bank rental company supporting Data Center Testing and Commissioning with Air cooled and Liquid cooled Smart Load Banks and associated services.
With over 400MW load bank fleet and 300+ commissioning projects per year, Rentaload benefits for from this extensive experience to design high-end solutions dedicated to multi-MW data halls Testing and Commissioning, ensuring fast, compliant, and high-quality project delivery.
Rentaload is a trusted partner of Data Center operators, General, electrical & cooling contractors, and engineering firms throughout Europe and USA and is now setting up in APAC with two subsidiaries : one in Melbourne, Australia to support projects in ANZ and another one in Johor, Malaysia to support South East Asia.
Autodesk is changing how the world is designed and made. Our technology spans architecture, engineering, construction, product design, manufacturing, and media and entertainment. We empower innovators everywhere to solve challenges, big and small. From greener buildings to smarter products and more mesmerizing blockbusters, Autodesk software helps our customers design and make a better world for all. Over 100 million people use Autodesk software, like AutoCAD, Revit, Maya, 3ds Max, Fusion 360, SketchBook, and more, to unlock their creativity and solve important design, business, and environmental challenges. Our software runs on both personal computers and mobile devices. It taps the infinite computing power of the cloud to help teams around the world collaborate, design, simulate, and fabricate their ideas in 3D. We provide exceptional compensation and benefit packages, and we’d love for you to join us. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.
Peikko Group Corporation. A faster, safer, and more sustainable way to design and build. Peikko is the global forerunner and a leading global supplier of slim floor structures, and connection technology for precast and cast-in-situ construction. Our wide product portfolio serves a broad range of industries and professionals, including precasters, contractors, developers, flooring specialists, machine manufacturers, power plant designers, architects, engineers, and structural designers.
Our solutions are designed to streamline construction processes—making them more efficient, faster, safer, and more sustainable. By combining engineering expertise with practical innovation, we help our customers optimize design, improve on-site productivity, and enhance overall project performance.
Founded in 1965, Peikko is a family-owned company headquartered in Lahti, Finland. With 60 years of experience, we continue to provide reliable building solutions that support modern construction worldwide.
Rapid Rise is a prefabricated aluminium fire stair system built for speed and certainty. It installs fast with no wet trades, no curing time, and no schedule risk. Designed and backed by The Dunsteel Group it takes advantage of over 50 years of knowledge and experience in stair fabrication. Automation in the design to manufacturing process allows factory built quality that ensures compliance and predictable outcomes for data centres where build downtime is not an option.
As a global specialist, Legrand improves lives by transforming the spaces where people live, work and meet, with electrical and digital infrastructures and connected solutions that are simple, innovative and sustainable. Its technological expertise, leadership, breadth of offers, international presence and strength of its brands make Legrand a benchmark on a global scale. With a presence in nearly 90 countries and 38,000 employees, Legrand achieved sales of €8.6 billion in 2024. Legrand Australia designs, manufactures, and distributes products under several premium brands, including Aussie Duct, Bticino, Cablofil, CRS, HPM, Legrand, Pipe King, and VASS.
At TZ, we create solutions that can manage assets effectively or manage space and utility effectively, i.e. Smart Lockers for IT Asset Management, Smart Lockers for Package Asset Management, and secure Personal Employee Storage Solutions. Our ability to support business preferences and practices and to control the collective workspace environment are underpinning deliverables in our solutions, that ensure flexibility for our customers and drive a unique and enhanced user experience. With over 25 years in business and an extensive customer base comprising the world’s most recognised corporations, there is only one choice when it comes to Smart Locker solutions … TZ.
Crossmuller is one of Australia’s leading systems integrators, specialising in the design and deployment of Industrial Control Systems (ICS) for mission-critical infrastructure. Crossmuller is delivering robust control and monitoring systems that are helping to redefine the standard for integrated BMS, EPMS and CMS solutions meeting the performance, reliability, and integration requirements of modern data centres. With a national engineering footprint and decades of industrial automation experience, Crossmuller enables hyperscale and enterprise data centre operators to meet the rising demands of scalability, resilience, and sustainability.
Molex makes a connected world possible by enabling technologies that transform the future and improve lives. With a presence in more than 40 countries, Molex offers a complete range of connectivity products, services and solutions for the data communications, medical, industrial, automotive and consumer electronics industries.
The Nomad Futurist Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to making the world of digital infrastructure accessible to all. We believe that everyone, no matter their background or location, deserves the opportunity to engage with and thrive in the digital future. Our mission is to inspire and empower people everywhere to become the pioneers of tomorrow.
By demystifying the technologies that power our connected lives, we help people gain access, develop skills, and discover new career pathways in the digital economy. Through global partnerships we create opportunities for people across the world to explore technology, build knowledge, and unlock new possibilities.
By opening career pathways and raising awareness of the opportunities within digital infrastructure, we are shaping a future where anyone can rise to the challenge of becoming a pioneer in technology. Together with our partners, we are building a world where the digital revolution belongs to everyone.
With our experience in top-tier data centers, Honeywell helps operators meet challenges in accelerating the build of a standardised global fleet. Our proven solutions help optimise facility uptime, improve efficiency, reduce carbon footprint and help protect workers, data and assets.
Specialising in high-risk, large-scale and challenging projects, since 1965, TBH has partnered with both the public and private sector to provide practical solutions to their most complex problems. As one of Australia’s largest privately owned, independent consultancy with an international footprint, TBH provides specialist project management services. These services can be deployed as individual disciplines or packaged up as a complete offering. Our deep sector knowledge, customised tools and experience across the entire project lifecycle allows for all our partners to progress with confidence.
White & Case is a global law firm with longstanding offices in the markets that matter today. Our on-the-ground experience, our cross-border integration and our depth of local, US and English-qualified lawyers help our clients work with confidence in any one market or across many. We guide our clients through difficult issues, bringing our insight and judgment to each situation. Our innovative approaches create original solutions to our clients’ most complex domestic and multijurisdictional deals and disputes. By thinking on behalf of our clients every day, we anticipate what they want, provide what they need and build lasting relationships. We do what it takes to help our clients achieve their ambitions.
Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power – today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re accelerating the planet’s transition to renewable energy and helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges.
Multiplex is a premier construction company with a simple purpose: to construct a better future. Established in Australia in 1962, Multiplex is known for shaping skylines and delivering iconic projects around the world. We have delivered more than 1,140 projects with a combined value in excess of US$128 billion. Our business is built on people. People who share the mindset to outperform in everything we do. Combined with our inherent values (We keep it real, We care about people, We are collaborative and We have grit), it is the foundation of our Multiplex culture and enables us to fulfil our purpose.
Evolution Precast is the market leader in precast data centre projects. Our deep technical capability and focus on early solution engineering through manufacture and installation, supports safer and faster construction while delivering outstanding value for every project.
Evolution Precast are evolving data centre construction, one innovative structure at a time.
BASE Services Group is a team of accredited commissioning agents (CxA) and commissioning managers (CxM) with 30+ years of experience. Our team delivers data centres and mission-critical facilities across Australia.
Our engineers understand our clients’ requirements and procedures and manage risk to deliver reliable, secure, and sustainable facilities with enhanced operational resilience.
The CxA services BASE offers includes full-lifecycle (L0-L6) activities from early design and commissionability reviews, development of QA and commissioning procedures, system verification through witness testing and reviews, and development and execution of functional performance and integrated systems’ tests. Our experienced and accredited engineers offer certification support to achieve building performance outcomes for long-term operational excellence.
BASE commissioning managers are backed by their technical engineering expertise. We manage risk and achieve seamless operational readiness by partnering with stakeholders to manage interface requirements, timeframes, notification, transition, and training periods, as well as all relevant documentation and other handover requirements are executed.
For 75 years, Baker McKenzie has helped clients navigate the complexities of an ever changing world.
From the civil rights movement, to fall of the Berlin wall and the invention of the world wide web, we’ve witnessed fundamental shifts in business and society over the last eight decades. But as the original global law firm, we’ve been steadfast in solving our clients’ problems – wherever they are in the world – by providing a unique blend of local expertise and global context.
With a rich history and a commitment to the future, we look forward to seeing what we can achieve in partnership with our clients over the next 75 years.
But before there was Baker McKenzie, Russell Baker and John McKenzie shared a taxi ride home by chance – planting the seeds for what would later become the world’s leading global law firm. Hear from some of our colleagues about what it’s like working for the Firm today.
“Reliable power for a sustainable world” – is our Riello UPS philosophy condensed into a few simple words. In practice, we’re a global brand continuously searching for the most innovative, energy efficient solutions with a focus on customer experience and support of our local markets. Riello UPS has an ethos for quality, innovation, energy efficiency and customer experience, ensuring a best-in-class approach in all aspects of our business. We offer a vast range of uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), designed and manufactured in Italy in our research and manufacturing centres in Legnago (Verona) and Cormano (Milan). Our In-house service team offer a variety of services to accommodate customers’ requirements, including bespoke service and maintenance plans to ensure customers have reliability and predictability in their total cost of ownership (TCO).
The Internet Association of Australia (IAA) is a member-based, not-for-profit organisation working to create a better internet for Australia. Formed in 1995 by passionate internet advocates, IAA has a long history of championing the interests of the internet community and supporting those who build and operate it.
IAA operates neutral, member-focused Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) across Australia, providing critical infrastructure that keeps data local and improves network performance and resilience.
Our mission is to make internet connectivity better for everyone. We empower our members, who range from data centres and ISPs to enterprises and content providers, to peer freely, securely, and cost-effectively. With deep expertise in infrastructure, policy, and emerging technologies, IAA is uniquely positioned to support the digital economy’s growth. As demand for high-capacity, real-time data services rises, efficient local interconnection becomes vital. Partnering with IAA means joining a trusted network that enables innovation, performance, and sustainable growth across the region.
The Telecommunications & Digital Infrastructure (TDI) practice at Alvarez & Marsal is a trusted partner to clients and investors addressing the sector’s most pressing challenges—from unlocking new revenue streams and improving margins to optimising capital deployment and maximising return on investment.
We bring together A&M’s hallmark pragmatism, action orientation, and financial discipline with deep industry expertise to accelerate change and deliver sustainable results. Our integrated approach is supported by a broader network of senior advisors across tax, transactions, valuation, disputes, and investigations—offering a differentiated, conflict-free perspective grounded in facts and focused on outcomes.
At our core is an unwavering commitment to value creation. With deep situational and stakeholder management experience, we operate with an owner-operator mindset and a unique ‘Skin-in-the-Game’ support model that ensures full alignment with our clients’ success.
We help Telecommunications & Digital Infrastructure companies with:
Leading Edge Automation/Alerton Australia is a leading provider of smart building automation and energy management solutions, specialising in optimising mission-critical environments such as data centres. With decades of experience, Alerton delivers intelligent control systems that enhance operational efficiency, reduce energy consumption, and ensure reliability in high-demand facilities.
Our solutions integrate seamlessly with existing infrastructure, providing real-time monitoring, predictive analytics, and automated adjustments to maintain optimal performance. By leveraging advanced technologies, we help data centres achieve greater energy efficiency, sustainability, and compliance with evolving industry standards.
Trusted by industry leaders, we are committed to delivering innovative automation systems that support the growing demands of data centres, ensuring resilience, scalability, and long-term operational success.
At Polyflor we believe that the products we choose can help us design for a better environment, both inside and out. Our collection of vinyl flooring, which is suitable for a variety of commercial and residential applications, makes a big impact on the look of a space, but a small impact on the earth. Since launching in Australia and New Zealand in 1963, we’ve been proud to offer our customers a wide variety of flooring solutions to suit any need – aged care, retail, residential, healthcare, residential, you name it. Our range of products caters to those looking for superior quality but also to those after unique solutions like sustainable slip resistance, acoustic noise reduction, rubber and sports flooring. Owned by one of the world’s top flooring Manufacturers, Polyflor Ltd U.K, we’re able to offer our customers the benefits of versatility, international quality and choice.
At WT, we empower our clients to grow, inspiring confidence through our independent cost management and advisory services. Operating for nearly 75 years, our expertise spans the building, construction, infrastructure and defence sectors.
We support our clients with an award-winning team of specialists in cost management, quantity surveying, digital solutions, asset and buildings, portfolio and program advisory, PPP, PMO and facilities management.
With a global footprint covering Australia, New Zealand, Asia, India, Middle East, North America, Africa, the UK and Europe, our clients can tap into the collective thinking of over 2,000 of the best people in the industry, operating from over 70 offices.
Kapitol Group was founded in 2018 with a vision to build the best buildings, do no harm, and improve the construction industry for a better life. From humble beginnings, Kapitol is now a leading privately owned construction company with over 300 full-time employees, delivering major projects with individual contract values up to $500m across high tech industrial, residential, commercial, education, and defence sectors. Recognised as changemakers, Kapitol sets new benchmarks in quality, safety, ESG, and sustainability, leveraging cutting-edge technology to enhance efficiency. Our commitment to innovation was acknowledged with the AFR BOSS Most Innovative Companies Award in 2023. Embracing Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) across all projects, using tools like BIM 3D modelling, OpenSpace AI, and Power BI dashboards, we successfully mitigate risks, optimise outcomes, and reduce waste. Beyond delivering exceptional projects, we prioritise long-term client relationships and invest heavily in our people, earning Wrk+ Best Places to Work awards in 2022 and 2023. At Kapitol Group, we don’t just build—we redefine what’s possible.
There are many challenges to overcome while building and operating data centers. From hundreds of client engagements, we have learned that those challenges fall into three main categories. How to keep up with constant advancements in technology. How to reliably source products, parts and services around the world. And how to implement design requirements when local regulations, resources and environmental constraints cause complications.
We solve these challenges firstly with our commitment to innovation, in thermal management, controls, facility security, fire protection and services. Then the scalability of our global footprint of manufacturing and services provides the required global and local coverage. And with our ability to satisfy requirements consistently despite local challenges, we help clients get their data centers into service and running effectively anywhere in the world.
Come visit us at Pod P24 and discuss how our customer driven innovation, global scalability and engineered consistency can help you.
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power protection, precision cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Vertiv brings together hardware, software, analytics, and ongoing services to ensure its customers’ vital applications run continuously, perform optimally, and grow with their business needs. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs approximately 24,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. In Australia and New Zealand, Vertiv has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth and Auckland. For more information, visit Vertiv.com, or call 02 9805 5800.
www.vertiv.com
Schneider’s purpose is to create Impact by empowering all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. At Schneider, we call this Life Is On.
Our mission is to be the trusted partner in Sustainability and Efficiency.
We are a global industrial technology leader bringing world-leading expertise in electrification, automation and digitization to smart industries, resilient infrastructure, future-proof data centers, intelligent buildings, and intuitive homes. Anchored by our deep domain expertise, we provide integrated end-to-end lifecycle AI enabled Industrial IoT solutions with connected products, automation, software and services, delivering digital twins to enable profitable growth for our customers.
www.se.com/ww/en/
AusNet is Victoria’s largest diversified energy network business, connecting communities with reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy. Guided by our vision to be trusted to deliver energy today while building a cleaner tomorrow, we manage over $13 billion in assets, including electricity distribution, gas distribution, and the state-wide electricity transmission network. Our portfolio also includes contracted energy infrastructure; through our commercial arm, we provide innovative energy services including transmission network connections for both generation and load customers. With a team of over 1,300 dedicated employees, we proudly serve approximately 1.6 million customers.
www.ausnetservices.com.au
Fredon commenced operations in 1968 as an electrical contracting organisation and has grown to be one of Australia’s premier providers of engineering, construction and facilities services. Fredon are leaders in the provision of Electrical, Data, Security, Audio Visual, Mechanical, Asset Services and Communications Technology. Our teams specialise in projects, minor works and service/maintenance and they are backed by proven systems and processes. Fredon is 100% Australian owned and operated and has delivery capabilities Australia-wide. The group has a history of delivery excellence and has been involved in some of the country’s largest construction projects. Many of our corporate clients require around-the-clock peace of mind – so Fredon operates 24×7, 365 days a year. Fredon has a history of developing successful long-term relationships with our clients and staff. We remain involved in many sites that were delivered over 30 years ago – and often members of the original team are still part of the Fredon Group. Fredon takes a long-term approach to our client relationships and delivers value for our clients both now and in the future. Fredon’s dedication to the industry has been rewarded through numerous industry best practice, product quality and service awards.
Aambianz, a distinguished manufacturer in the Asia-Pacific for over two decades, excels in crafting High Performance Ventilation & Acoustic Louvres and Aluminium facades. Headquartered in Australia, we operate state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Australia and India. Committed to sustainability, we integrate low-carbon aluminium through ASI certified partners. Collaborating with façade engineers, architects, and stakeholders, our R&D team crafts products that exceed project-specific performance requirements. Our specialised division in CAD and BIM offers tailored solutions for diverse projects. Our solutions are prominently featured in prestigious projects ranging from Hyper-scale Data Centres, Healthcare facilities, Infrastructure projects, Transport Hubs, to Sporting Arenas. With a track record of over 50 data centres, Aambianz remains the preferred choice for excellence in ventilation and facades.
Condair is a world leading manufacturer and provider of complete solutions in the areas of humidity control and evaporative cooling, with a comprehensive portfolio including products, services, experience and know-how. This enables Condair to create the ideal indoor climate while keeping energy consumption low and reducing impact on the environment.
Condair in Australia specialises in industrial and commercial applications for humidifiers, including evaporative pad, electric steam, spray systems, ultrasonic systems, and dehumidifiers.
Product brands include Condair, Defensor, Nordmann Engineering, Kele and Contronics.
Applications include:
• Data centre humidification and cooling
• Induct evaporative cooling
• Museums and art galleries
• Concert halls and organs
• Hospital operating theatres and burns rooms
• Laboratories and pharmaceutical
• Spray booths
• Cool rooms / crop storage
• Agriculture / green houses
• Egg hatcheries.
As well as a comprehensive range of products, Condair can provide support and expert assistance to consulting engineers, contractors and installers, before, during and after a project.
Condair has offices in Sydney and Melbourne, with a support network of trained service agencies in major centres across Australia.
For more information: au.info@condair.com
Yardi is the global leader in real estate and investment management technology.
Yardi is the global leader in real estate and investment management technology.
As the real estate industry transforms, and becomes more focused on user experience, the technology that underpins that experience is more important than ever.
Our connected solution supports every sector of real estate, including REITs, retail, industrial, office, logistics, data centres, corporate occupiers, build-to-rent and coworking. Providing a single source of data in a unified, cloud-based solution, we enable clients to drive portfolio success and maintain control and oversight. Using our technology, they improve their customer engagement, drive efficiency and create the ability to scale across their operations.
With data available in real-time on any desktop, tablet or mobile device, our clients can have complete visibility when it comes to accessing their information regardless of time or place, and know that the data they’re seeing is secure, up-to-date and accurate.
Yardi.com.au
From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, we create technology with purpose.
By combining the real and the digital worlds, we empower our customers to transform their industries and markets, and transform the everyday for billions of people.
CRS is an industry leader in end-to-end solutions for the data and communications industries. We offer fast turnaround times, a strong R&D focus and effective working relationships with all our customers.Widely recognised as innovation experts in the data center and communication sectors, the range of products and installation services offered by CRS includes the following:
AFCOM is the leading association dedicated to advancing the careers of data center and IT infrastructure professionals. Established in 1980, AFCOM provides a platform for industry leaders to connect, share knowledge, and drive innovation in data center operations, design, and management.
Through its educational resources, networking events, and regional chapters, AFCOM empowers professionals with cutting-edge insights into emerging technologies, best practices, and industry trends. The association is also the driving force behind Data Center World, a premier conference that brings together experts and stakeholders to discuss the future of digital infrastructure.
AFCOM’s mission is to support the evolving needs of data center professionals by fostering community, professional development, and thought leadership in an ever-changing technology landscape.
For more information, visit AFCOM’s website.
Since 1928 R&BS has been the industry leader in commercial and industrial roof repair and maintenance, providing water penetration solutions to businesses and organisations across Australia.
With offices in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, we service the metro and regional areas of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Thanks to our extensive knowledge and experience we’ve also successfully completed contracts throughout Australia and overseas.
Our experienced specialists provide you with all services relating to water penetration, for any building or facility. Our core expertise encompasses:
When you engage us, you can be assured of our absolute commitment to providing the best outcomes that are specifically tailored for your building or facility. Thanks to our long-standing client relationships, we have earned a reputation for quality, expertise and reliability.
To learn more about R&Bs, visit roofandbuildingservice.com.au
