2026 Speakers
Discover the industry leaders, innovators, and thought leaders who will be sharing their insights at Data Center World. Our carefully curated lineup of speakers brings together diverse perspectives and cutting-edge expertise to deliver valuable content tailored to your professional growth.
Gary Hilberg, President, Continuum Energy
Gary's professional career started after graduating from Oregon State University with a degree in Chemical Engineering. After being commissioned in the US Navy, he completed nuclear power training and served as a nuclear submarine officer for seven years. Following the Navy, Gary started his career in the energy space, where he worked on diverse power generation technologies and several companies including General Electric and Pratt & Whitney with projects worldwide, including Indonesia, Australia, Taiwan, Japan, and the Middle East. He expanded into the industrial cooling segment working with data centers, district cooling, casinos, and other industries. This focus on industrial systems led into the renewable energy sector with the application of heat to power solutions for industries and geothermal applications. Now with this diverse background, Gary provides infrastructure consulting services to data center segment, focusing on on-stie generation and large scale cooling solutions. Gary is a licensed professional engineer in Texas and California and a 2017 member of Oregon State's Academy of Distinguished Engineers.