Where the East Coast’s Data Center Design & Engineering Community Comes Together
Across Northern Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Atlanta and beyond, demand is outpacing both technology evolution and traditional delivery models. Higher rack densities, faster delivery expectations, and evolving cooling and power requirements are putting pressure on design and engineering teams to rethink how tomorrow’s capacity is delivered.
Advancing Data Center Design & Engineering East 2026 brings together the design, engineering and standards professionals tackling these challenges first-hand.
Join teams from across the East to uncover practical approaches, real-world lessons and new ideas for delivering faster, high-density, AI-ready capacity.
The Data Center Design Community, All in One Place
100+
Senior-Level Data Center Design & Engineering Attendees
22+
Expert Speakers Driving AI-Scale Infrastructure Design
70%
Hyperscalers, Colocators, & Engineering
Firms*
65%
Director-Level & Above Attendees*
88%
New Voices on the 2026 Speaker Faculty
*Based on historical attendance.
A Snapshot of the Insights You Can Expect
Move beyond high-level discussion and explore practical approaches to some of the biggest design and delivery challenges facing data center teams across the East.
Secure Social License Through Design-Led Community Integration
Learn how leading developers and designers are overcoming community resistance - from embedding solutions for noise, water, and visual impact directly into facility design.
Ensure Power Availability with Self-Generation Strategies
Explore how your peers are reducing reliance on constrained grids through onsite generation, bridging power solutions, and emerging technologies, enabling faster energization and long-term resilience in the US East’s capacity‑strained markets.
Unlock Capacity & Expedite Project Delivery
Discover real-world approaches to overcoming utility delays, supply chain volatility, and labour constraints through modularization, design-led specification, and smarter planning that protects speed to market.
Learn From the Teams Doing It First-Hand
This isn't just about what's coming next. It's an opportunity to hear directly from the teams working through these design and engineering challenges today.
The 2026 programme features technical content from organizations including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, HED, Gensler, Arup and LinkedIn, with new case studies and practical insights shaped by in-depth industry research.
Want a better idea of what November 17-18 will actually look like?
- 100+ Senior-Level Data Center Design & Engineering Attendees
- 88% New Voices on the 2026 Speaker Faculty
- 22+ Expert Speakers Driving AI-Scale Infrastructure Design
- 10+ Hours of Unrivalled Networking Opportunities in an Intimate Setting
- 2 Tailored, Educational Conference Days Packed with Technical Insights
See who's speaking, what you'll be discussing and where your team can get the most value from two days in Herndon.
Attending Companies
Explore the Agenda
Hear the latest industry breakthroughs and gain exclusive insights during our packed agenda, interactive audience breakouts, and our client-only panel discussion.
Partner With Us
Position yourself alongside your leading solution provides to ensure your brand is at the heart of data centre construction deals.
Join Data Center Experts
Be part of the hottest conversations with like-minded attendees and make critical connections during our dedicated networking sessions.