Day One

• Exploring how priorities around speed, risk, power access, and workforce availability influence where and how data centres are built across Canada: what does our pipeline look like in 2027 and beyond?
• Defining what hyperscalers, neoclouds, and colocators expect from construction and delivery partners when selecting and delivering Canadian data centre projects
• Clarifying how contractors, utilities, and delivery partners are expected to operate under AI-driven speed, density, and risk requirements during construction execution in Canada

• Balancing site selection factors such as local incentives, proximity to provincial grid capacity, water availability, and utility infrastructure to minimise construction complexity and energization risk
• Comparing regional site characteristics across Canada to identify locations with the most feasible build conditions, reducing downstream construction risk and improving delivery certainty
• Evaluating the impact that freezing conditions in Canada have on soil variability, permafrost risks, and regional ground profiles: what must be considered to reduce uncertainty and inform early site viability decisions?

• Planning transportation capacity alongside the schedule to secure equipment, navigate seasonal constraints, and protect critical-path milestones
• Synchronizing procurement, equipment readiness and delivery sequencing to ensure equipment arrives when sites can consume it and avoid costly delays
• Building logistics visibility and contingency planning to identify risks early, maintain routing options, and keep projects moving

Kickstart your conference experience with a burst of energy and connection! In this fast-paced session, you’ll connect with peers through quick-fire introductions that spark meaningful conversations that last throughout the conference and beyond.

With community pushback and permitting delays stalling and delaying projects more than ever, walk away with an action plan for:

• Managing municipal, provincial, and federal authority permitting to accelerate approvals and reduce early-stage schedule risk
• Coordinating zoning, land use, and environmental expectations across jurisdictions to de-risk approval outcomes and prevent late-stage redesign or project rejection
• Engaging local indigenous communities early to secure consultation alignment and reduce permitting delays: how do we ensure this is being done in the right way given the complexity and controversy around engagement processes?

• Transitioning from air-to-water cooling architectures to support AI workloads above 20kW/rack while maintaining uptime during phased live-site migration
• Upgrading floor PDUs from 208V to 415V to reduce cable losses, improve OEM server compatibility, and increase rack power capacity in operational environments
• Coordinating secondary cooling redundancy, buffer tank integration, and operational readiness planning to reduce thermal, leak, and changeover risk before IT migration begins

• Enabling faster delivery through open controls that simplify integration and reduce procurement constraints
• Improving flexibility through interoperable systems that adapt as project requirements evolve
• Reducing rework and integration risk by connecting building systems more efficiently from design through commissioning

• Re-evaluating prefab and modular options: where did project scale and program constraints justify off-site assembly versus stick-built delivery?
• Adapting prefab capacity to smaller data centre footprints where full-scale modular builds are not yet widely feasible
• Aligning prefab scope early with procurement strategy to ensure constructability of design while managing upstream workload

• Moving beyond traditional construction planning assumptions to address the unique scale and delivery demands of modern data centre projects
• Adapting workforce, logistics, and procurement strategies to overcome the challenges of building in remote locations with constrained resources
• Leveraging new planning tools and delivery frameworks to improve predictability where historical benchmarks and lessons learned are no longer sufficient

Join this session to connect with hyperscalers, colocators, contractors, and delivery partners actively planning or delivering data centre projects within each Canadian region – this is your chance to forge new partnerships and align on real project conditions and priorities. You will discuss local constraints, challenges, and practical solutions directly relevant to your chosen region, helping to inform more collaborative, executable delivery strategies.