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April 20-23, 2026
Walter E. Washington Convention CenterWashington, D.C.

2026 Event Schedule

Workshop: More Massive Still! Delivering AI-Driven Scale in the Face of Historic Constraints

Greg Stover  (Global Director, Hi-Tech Development, Vertiv)
Al Nichols  (Vice President, Silverback Data Center Solutions)
Josh Claman  (CEO, Accelsius)
Kourosh Nemati  (Senior Data Center Cooling and Infrastructure Engineer, NVIDIA)
Nathan Mallamace  (Manager Business Development, Supermicro)
Rob Curtis  (Fellow, Thermal/Mechanical Architect, AMD)
Sherman Ikemoto  (Group Director, System Sales, Cadence Design Systems)
Location: Ballroom C
Date: Monday, April 20
Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Track: Colocation, Hyperscale & Cloud Innovation
Session Type: Workshop
Vault Recording: TBD
Audience Level: All Audiences

This workshop brings together experts who will draw on real-world experience solving the infrastructure challenges facing today’s unprecedented scale of AI deployments. This is the fourth year of this workshop, but as always it will cover new ground, tackling the “unsettled science” where operators, researchers, and technology providers are sorting out best practices and strategies and driving industry innovation. You’ll hear from experts and have the chance to discuss issues and bring your own perspectives. Leaders deploying AI at massive scale will share how they’re using modularity, precise reference designs, innovative staffing models, liquid cooling, and numerous other management and technology strategies to accelerate gigawatt deployments. And they’ll address how they’re coping with historic constraints in power, materials, and people, while trying to hit a moving target created by ever-accelerating technology refresh cycles and thermal demands.