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09:10

  • DCD Investment Forum Welcome Remarks

    • Investment Forum Stage
    • Open Session
    DCD Logo

    DCD is a global B2B events and media company, delivering unmatched insight and networking, to help the professionals driving the data center scale IT infrastructure sector to make better strategic and operational decisions.

    At the heart of the market for two decades, DCD has built a global audience of over 1 million ICT, engineering and technology professionals interacting with our market leading content and services, as they navigate the complexities of technology convergence. Central to this community are over 20,000 highly influential professionals attending DCD’s world renowned events each year, across over 20 countries and four continents. This core audience is augmented through delivery of an unmatched portfolio of social, digital and print media – creating ongoing engagement around the globe with our wider community.

    Speakers

    Thomas Buckley

    Thomas Buckley

    Portfolio Manager - Investment, DCD

09:15

  • DCD>Intelligence Opening Remarks

    • Investment Forum Stage
    DCD Intelligence Logo 2026

    In an exponentially growing digital infrastructure sector, there is an unsatisfied demand for accurate data on industry trends that evolves as fast as the market does.

    That’s why DCD is proud to announce the development of DCD Intelligence: an interactive market intelligence platform that is uniquely designed for the data center industry.

    The platform will transform traditional market intelligence for the data center industry by providing proprietary market trackers and forecasts with the broadest and deepest coverage.

    DCD Intelligence will be releasing its beta platform in Q2 2026, with a wider market release scheduled for Q3 2026.

    Learn more: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/dcdintelligence/

    Speakers

    Dan Davey

    Chief Strategy Officer, DCD

09:20

10:10

10:30

11:20

11:40

  • Panel Discussion: Future financing strategies for stabilized data center assets

    • Investment Forum Stage
    • Open Session

    Speakers

    Xenia Sarri

    Managing Director, DigitalBridge

    Alexis Kantt

    COO of Real Estate Asset Management & Head of Digital Infrastructure Investments, Blackstone Europe

    Sabelo Siyakatshana

    Director, TMT, SMBC Group

    Will Innes

    Will Innes

    Global Head of Investment, NTT Global Data Centers

12:30

  • Investment Forum Networking Lunch

    • Hospitality & Networking

  • Data Center Investment Hosted Lunch Briefing - by invitation only

    • Hospitality & Networking
    • Invite-only Session
    Parametrix

    At Parametrix, our mission is to help businesses stay resilient in the face of technology downtime. Whether it’s a cloud outage, API failure, data center disruption, or other critical third-party service interruption, we understand the severe operational and financial impact these events can have.

    That’s why we’ve built advanced parametric insurance solutions designed specifically for today’s digital infrastructure. Powered by proprietary monitoring technology, deep actuarial expertise, and data-driven risk modeling, our products are engineered to deliver fast, transparent, and reliable payouts.

    These policies are more than pieces of paper; they’re lifelines that tap into the depths of actuarial insight to offer swift and accurate response to downtime events.

13:44

13:45

  • Leadership Roundtable: Investment opportunities in FLAP-D, MENA, and Tier 2 markets

    • Atrium 1
    • Open Session

    Speakers

    Emma Strutton

    Emma Strutton

    Head of Channels, DatacenterDynamics

    Svante Horn

    CEO & Co-Founder, Scandinavian Data Centers

    Tim Bawtree

    Executive Group Chairman & Founder, Quantum Switch

    James Lewis

    James Lewis

    Investment Director, Kao Data

  • Leadership Roundtable: New paths & players in an ever-changing financial landscape - securitizations, yieldCos, private credit

    • Investment Forum Stage
    • Open Session
    Parametrix

    At Parametrix, our mission is to help businesses stay resilient in the face of technology downtime. Whether it’s a cloud outage, API failure, data center disruption, or other critical third-party service interruption, we understand the severe operational and financial impact these events can have.

    That’s why we’ve built advanced parametric insurance solutions designed specifically for today’s digital infrastructure. Powered by proprietary monitoring technology, deep actuarial expertise, and data-driven risk modeling, our products are engineered to deliver fast, transparent, and reliable payouts.

    These policies are more than pieces of paper; they’re lifelines that tap into the depths of actuarial insight to offer swift and accurate response to downtime events.

    Speakers

    Sharon Haran

    CCO, Parametrix

    Pia Lambert

    Pia Lambert

    Executive Director, Morrison

    Barry Power

    Corporate Finance Director, VIRTUS Data Centres

    Joe Malca

    Joe Malca

    Senior Principal, Centerview

    Shaun Hose

    Shaun Hose

    Head of UK Equity, PGIM Real Estate

  • Leadership Roundtable: How are global uncertainties influencing investment opportunities in EMEA?

    • Gallery 2
    • Open Session

    Speakers

    Siobhan Nagle

    Managing Director, Digital Infrastructure (EMEA) Ltd

    Gulfraz Qayyum

    Managing Director, Head of Communications Investment Banking, Citigroup

    Timo Buijs

    Timo Buijs

    Senior Director Project & Infrastructure Finance, ABN AMRO

    Andrei Milekhin

    Andrei Milekhin

    Managing Director / Global Head of Digital Infrastructure Investment Banking, Nomura

14:35

14:39

14:40

  • Leadership Roundtable: Who is leading the charge on edge investment?

    • Atrium 1
    • Open Session

    Speakers

    Adriaan Oosthoek

    Chairman, Portus Data Centers

    Justin Nesbitt

    Managing Director, nLighten

    Zoe Turner

    Zoe Turner

    Channel Manager, DatacenterDynamics

    Jonathan Hoo

    CFO, AtlasEdge Data Centres

  • Leadership Roundtable: Energy investment - addressing energy constraints, exploring utility partnerships & sustainable market expansion

    • Gallery 2
    • Open Session

    Speakers

    Natalia Akst

    Managing Director, Real Assets, Macquarie Asset Management

    Cristiana Dochioiu

    Cristiana Dochioiu

    Investment Manager - Infrastructure & Energy, Railpen

    Tate Cantrell

    CTO, Verne

    Laurens van Reijen

    Laurens van Reijen

    Founder and CEO, LCL Data Centers

    Zachary Skidmore

    Zachary Skidmore

    Editor - Energy and Sustainability, DatacenterDynamics

  • Leadership Roundtable: Investment opportunities in AI factories in Europe

    • Investment Forum Stage
    • Open Session
    HORIZONTAL_NEGROYAZUL (1)

    Nostrum Data Centers is the digital infrastructure division of Nostrum Group, a leading developer and operator of critical infrastructure backed by a private equity firm. Our mission is to deliver next-generation data centers seamlessly integrated with renewable energy, combining technical excellence, energy autonomy, and environmental sustainability.

    With a strategic focus on Southern Europe and a robust development pipeline exceeding 500 MW of IT capacity, Nostrum Data Center offers state-of-the-art colocation services to IT enterprises, cloud providers, and hyperscalers—ensuring scalability, reliability, and compliance with the most demanding global standards.

    Our strength lies in end-to-end project execution. Leveraging more than 15 years of experience, we specialize in grid connection procurement, strategic site acquisition, and permitting, enabling us to develop hyperscale-ready campuses that meet the growing demand for AI, cloud, and edge computing infrastructure.

    Since 2009, the group has expanded operations across 10 countries, with Spain as its primary market. Over this time, we have successfully developed more than 10 GW of renewable energy capacity, which now powers our data infrastructure roadmap.

    Nostrum Data Center represents the convergence of two revolutions: the digital and the green. We don’t just build data centers, we build the infrastructure of the future.

    Speakers

    Jason Bell

    Jason Bell

    SVP of Data Center and Technology Services, JLL

    Micah Gertson

    Micah Gertson

    Associate Partner, Altman Solon

    José Luis Arnau

    José Luis Arnau

    CCO, Nostrum Data Centers

    Charlotte Trueman

    Compute, Storage, and Networking Editor, DatacenterDynamics

15:30

15:40

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