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Data Center World
April 20-23, 2026
Walter E. Washington Convention CenterWashington, D.C.
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Spark Session: 3 Ideas Emerging Tech Ideas for Data Center Ops

Uri Soroka  (Co-Founder and COO, Apolo)
Andrew Grier  (Research Scientist, Meta)
Matt Stevens  (Director of Procurement and Sustainability, Crom)
Location: 206
Date: Wednesday, April 22
Time: 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
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Track: Emerging IT & Data Center Technologies
Session Type: Spark Session
Vault Recording: TBD
Audience Level: All Audiences
Uri Soroka
Andrew Grier
Matt Stevens

Spark Session: 3 Emerging Tech Ideas Challenging Status Quo Data Center Ops

Our Spark Sessions provide a high-energy forum to let you soak up three big ideas in one conference session. In this session, three speakers will each cover a key emerging topic in the Emerging IT & Data Center Technologies track:

  • The Boringly Effective Future of AI in Data Centers: How AI can be integrated into the core workflows of infrastructure, manufacturing, and construction to eliminate operational bottlenecks and empower your teams to do their best work. Speaker: Uri Soroka, Co-Founder and COO, Apolo.us

  • Physics-based System Simulation for AI Data Center Cooling: Using a multi-physics modeling framework that integrates thermal, hydraulic, and control domains can help to accurately represent the dynamic behavior of data center cooling environments during system design, validation, and optimization. Speaker: Andrew Grier, Research Scientist, Meta

  • Hyperscale TES for the AI Era: How large-capacity chilled water thermal energy storage can optimize peak load shaving, cooling load decoupling, turbine efficiency, and construction timelines at scale.