Roundtable Recap: Data Center Power Resilience; AI Cooling; Location Constraints; Evolving Development Economics

Data Center Frontier's Executive Roundtable for the First Quarter of 2025 brought together four distinguished industry leaders to share their insights on pressing industry topics, including:

• How power constraints in leading data center markets are driving new strategies for energy security, backup power, and the integration of hydrogen, natural gas, and nuclear energy.
• How AI-driven workloads are pushing power densities to unprecedented levels, requiring cutting-edge cooling technologies and efficiency strategies to ensure reliability and long-term sustainability.
• How land shortages, power limitations, and regulatory complexities are forcing data center operators to refine site selection strategies in early 2025, with certain North American regions emerging as the next major growth hubs.
• How soaring construction costs, supply chain disruptions, and shifting enterprise demands are compelling data center operators, energy providers, and real estate firms to adapt their business strategies for profitability and growth in 2025.

Here is the full question and answer session, organized by topic:

• Power Infrastructure & Energy Resilience in 2025
• The Cooling Imperative: Managing High-Density AI Workloads
• Site Selection & Market Evolution in a Constrained Environment
• The Changing Economics of Data Center Development

Here are links to the individual Q&A summaries for each of our distinguished panel members:

• Data Center Insights: Danielle Rossi, Data Center Strategic Sales Leader, Trane
• Data Center Insights: John Pasta, Executive Vice President - Data Center Solutions, JLL
• Data Center Insights: Michael Lahoud, Co-Managing Partner, Stream Data Centers
• Data Center Insights: Ryan Baumann, Vice President of Sales, Power Solutions for the Americas, Rehlko

The conversation is moderated by Data Center Frontier Editor in Chief Matt Vincent.

Thanks to all of our executive participants for sharing their time and insights!

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