Facility complexity is increasing, and the long‑standing split between facility management and digital systems is becoming a constraint. Manual, siloed models struggle to manage power, efficiency, and resilience at high density, raising the question of whether a unified control layer is now essential. The real issue is not ideology but capability: who builds it, who runs it, and what value it actually delivers. This session will explore:

• How do we achieve system standardization across data center portfolios?
• What role does AI and human oversight play in facility management?
• Whether autonomous operations can deliver efficiency, resilience, and cost
• What is the ROI and pass-through cost of autonomated controls?