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Data Center World
April 20-23, 2026
Walter E. Washington Convention CenterWashington, D.C.
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TUESDAY KEYNOTE: Data Centers in the AI Economy: The C-Suite Conversation

Phill Lawson-Shanks  (Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, Aligned Data Centers)
Amber Caramella  (Chief Revenue Officer, Netrality)
Location: Ballroom A/B - 3rd Floor
Date: Tuesday, April 21
Time: 8:30 am - 9:45 am
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Session Type: Keynote
Vault Recording: TBD
Phill Lawson-Shanks
Amber Caramella

The soaring demand for AI workloads is actively reshaping the data center industry, and executives from across the digital infrastructure ecosystem need to craft new strategies for a market defined by scale, speed, and reinvention.

This keynote session brings together top technology and business executives to take you inside the C-suite conversations about today’s critical strategy decisions, examining what it really takes to build, operate, and grow in the AI era. The conversation will explore how data center providers, enterprise leaders, and infrastructure partners are responding to new realities around data center design, energy and power, customer expectations, and even community relationships.

Attendees will hear practical perspectives on where the data center market is headed, what decisions matter most right now, and how digital infrastructure leaders can meet the challenge of AI-driven transformation.