2026 Event Schedule
Managing Data Center Growth: A Public Sector Perspective
Buddy Rizer (Executive Director, Loudoun County Economic Development)
Bryan Rothamel (Economic Development Director, Culpeper County)
Christopher G Morris (State Data Economy Liaison and Director of the Data Economy Office, State of West Virginia)
Garrett Wright (Executive Director, Rankin First Economic Development)
Chris Pumphrey (Managing Director, Signal Ventures GA, LLC)
Reena Brilliot (Director of Economic Development & Sustainability, City of Santa Clara)
Location: 202A
Date: Tuesday, April 21
Time: 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
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Track:
Data Center BUILD
Session Type:
Conference Session
Vault Recording: TBD
Audience Level: All Audiences
As the data center industry expands into new markets, many communities are trying to get up to speed on how to balance the benefits with the infrastructure and political challenges of attracting digital infrastructure to their community. In this session, public sector officials/economic developers in a few top markets and a few emerging markets discuss their experience in working with industry, articulating the community benefits, and understanding the pain points.