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How Was Data Center World Europe?
Drawing on 45 years of industry leadership, we brought Data Center World, the global epicenter for data centre innovation, to Europe.
On 13-15 October, Data Center World Europe tackled the industry’s most urgent challenge: transforming Europe's data centre energy landscape. The event brought together leading operators, technologists, cloud providers, hyperscalers, and innovators to exchange actionable strategies and groundbreaking insights that drive measurable results.
Strategically positioned in the heart of Europe, Data Center World Europe connected the fast-growing, established data centre markets of Western Europe with the dynamic and fast-growing Central and Eastern European markets, where opportunities and new ideas are flourishing.
Organisations In Attendance:
What the Industry Took Away
The conversations on stage made one thing clear: Europe's data centre future was taking shape through new power models, smarter design choices, and tighter industry collaboration. Taken together, the ideas shared showed where the market was heading and what industry leaders were prioritizing next.
Co-Building the Data Centre Future
Speakers included EDP, Start Campus, TenneT, and Pure Data Centres
Grid access alone wasn't enough. Success hinged on demand-side commitment, flexible consumption, and new TSO connection models like TenneT's first-ready, first-served regime, built to bridge the gap between AI's speed and energy's timelines.
Designing for Extreme Density: The 800kW Rack Revolution
Speakers included Digital Realty, Arthur D. Little, and CoolIT Systems
The real risk wasn't the GPU, it was the surrounding system: redundant CDUs, power failover, and leak-resilient piping were flagged as critical safeguards against costly resume-generating events in facilities running million-dollar GPU racks.
The Behind-the-Meter Playbook: Building Energy Resilience and Speed-to-Power
Speakers included NTT Global Data Centers, Rystad Energy, and AVL
Large-scale behind-the-meter in Europe was emerging, but success depended on trusted joint ventures between data centre operators and energy specialists, long-term contracts matched to data centre lifespans, and smarter system design, from excess-heat reuse to combining grid and on-site generation, rather than betting on any single technology.
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Co-Located with Network X
Attendees were able to double their networking opportunities by accessing two premier events under one roof. Data Center World Europe was co-located with Network X, the premier telecom event redefining connectivity.
Attendees were able to connect with telecommunications operators, cloud service providers, and digital infrastructure leaders who are integral to the data center ecosystem, and explored advancements in connectivity, AI-driven transformation, and the journey towards full fibre and 6G.
Data Center World Europe attendees received access to the Network X exhibition hall on 15 October as part of their pass.
Conference Tracks
Four expertly curated conference tracks provided a comprehensive exploration of the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of the data centre industry. The tracks were designed to cater to both strategic visionaries and technical innovators, offering a platform for collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and actionable insights.
Together, these tracks created a holistic experience, blending strategic foresight with technical expertise to inspire innovation, foster collaboration, and prepare attendees to lead in a rapidly evolving industry. Whether you’re shaping the big picture or solving operational challenges, Data Center World Europe has something for everyone.
Securing & Deploying Energy
Europe's interconnection delays demand new approaches to energy access, combining strategic procurement, utility collaboration and behind-the-meter generation to reduce grid dependency and accelerate power delivery for hyperscale, AI-native and enterprise facilities.
Optimizing Performance & Efficiency
Operational excellence through intelligent systems, next-generation cooling for high-density AI racks, and power distribution innovation to support both traditional and AI workloads.
Building Enabling Ecosystems
Creating sustainable, fundable, and community-supported data centre growth through circular economy strategies, innovative financing, regulatory acceleration, and stakeholder collaboration.
Delivering at Speed
Addressing how to deliver data centre capacity at the speed AI infrastructure demands; from prefabricated design and fast-track construction methodologies to overcoming Europe's skills shortage and navigating equipment lead times.
Building on the success of our flagship U.S. conference, the Data Center World portfolio will now expand into Asia, Australia, Brazil, and Europe, creating a global platform to showcase the next generation of data center innovation, education, and collaboration.
The expanded lineup reflects the accelerating worldwide demand for digital infrastructure, driven by AI adoption, cloud growth, sustainability initiatives, and surging data consumption. Each regional event will deliver Data Center World’s signature combination of expert-led education, strategic insights and access to best-in-class technology providers throughout the world.
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