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Asia Pacific's only destination event connecting the data center ecosystem to design, build & operate sustainable digital infrastructure for the AI age

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Join 1,500+ of your peers and enjoy the best of Balinese hospitality at Bali's leading 5* luxury resort

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    Get into the swing of things with a day of golf, networking, and breathtaking views at Bali National Golf Club.

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    Sunrise Yoga

    Ease into the day with Sunrise Yoga taking in the breathtaking views of Nusa Dua beach, with all equipment provided.

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    5km Beach Run

    Start your day with a 5K run or a relaxed walk & talk along Bali’s stunning Nusa Dua beaches. Whether you’re up for a steady jog or prefer to walk and chat, there's something for all paces.

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    Hosted Networking Lunches

    Enjoy a three course sit-down lunch alongside your peers as you discuss some of the key challenges currently facing operators across APAC

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    K2 Strategic Beach Party

    Enjoy free-flowing drinks and live music alongside over 1,000+ of your peers at the iconic K2 Strategic Beach Party

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    DCD>Closing Party

    Celebrate the end of the event and make the most of the last evening in paradise at the closing party in the hotel Sports Bar - including karaoke room, virtual golf, pool table and pinball machine!

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Compare innovative solutions from the industry's leading vendors, all in one place

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Tech Discovery opportunities in-depth...

Welcome to the DCD 5x5 pitch session; where innovation meets precision. You'll enjoy rapid-fire pitches from technology providers across the industry, where each partner has 5 minutes and 5 slides to deliver their boldest ideas and game-changing solutions.

Fast-paced and impactful, these on-stage presentations are where the future of digital infrastructure takes shape. Post-presentation, you can follow up with speakers on the show floor, getting your key questions on their pitches answered 1-2-1.

On Day One, you'll have the chance to get hands-on with some of the latest solutions during the dedicated Explore the Floor Hour. Product experts will be on-hand throughout the event to answer your questions and help problem-solve some of your procurement challenges.

The Show Floor is also open throughout the day on Day Two, to enable you to have in-depth conversations with suppliers and their product development teams.

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Identify solutions to your core challenges with insights from over 120+ speakers

Across a series of expert-led major panel discussions, chatham-house rule debates, interactive workshops, and closed-door lunch briefings you can tailor your agenda to the challenges most pertinent to you, uncovering innovative solutions and strategies that can enable you to drive your business forward.

In every session, you'll uncover the latest best-practice to fine-tune your operations, with plenty of opportunity for Q&A and peer-to-peer collaboration!

Understand how you can measure, manage & mitigate the environmental impact of your facilities, identify new technology solutions for decarbonizing digital infrastructure and explore how leading Hyperscale & Enterprise operators and incorporating sustainability into their strategies to ensure they're efficiently managing next-gen workloads.

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Key Speakers

  • Jon Curry

    Vice President Operations - APAC, Digital Realty

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    Jon Curry

    Vice President Operations - APAC, Digital Realty

    Jon Curry is the Vice President of Operations, Asia Pacific at Digital Realty and has over 25 years experience in the IT industry covering an array of disciplines starting from the ground up as a computer operator in 1985 on a DOS/VSE mainframe. Jon rapidly progressed to a Network Systems Programmer and finally an MVS sysprog before heading off to the UK where he worked for Avis Europe, British Telecom and Nuclear Electric on a number of challenging projects including the privatization of the UK electricity industry. On his return to Australia Jon worked in various senior management roles with Arnotts Biscuits, Unisys, Coca Cola Amatil, Mercantile Mutual, Prudential & MLC Insurance. During this time Jon leveraged his technical experience to move into program management and the art of outsourcing management. Jon has spent time on both sides of the IT fence as a customer buying IT services and products and as a provider selling and supporting software, networks and services

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  • Darren Webb

    Co-Founder & CEO, Evolution Data Centres

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    Darren Webb

    Co-Founder & CEO, Evolution Data Centres

    As Co-Founder and CEO, Darren’s role is to ensure that Evolution Data Centres delivers on its strategic vision to become the leading pan-Asian data centre platform, delivering digital growth, reliably and sustainably, into high growth markets (often referred to as Tier 2 markets). Evolution are actively developing projects today, across the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

    Darren’s career spans the full breadth of the digital infrastructure ecosystem, including Telco, Data Centre and Artificial Intelligence. Darren was the Asia Managing Director for IO Data Centres, where he had overall leadership for a modular-designed data center in Singapore. Darren led this business to net cash flow positive and ultimately to a successful exit.

    In his time in telco, Darren delivered significant investment programmes, with budgets of over £500m, while leading Vodafone’s strategic investments across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Part of this role included Darren establishing the Vodafone Enterprise brand in the UAE. Prior to Vodafone, Darren was MD of Cable & Wireless for Asia, in addition to running their Global Enterprise sales channel, a business delivering annualised revenue of over £240m.

    Along with his Evolution Fo-founder and team, Darren is passionate about culture in the workplace. He aspires for Evolution to be an organization where everyone is a driver and there are no passengers. All the team are responsible for moving Evolution forward every day in the right direction, he encourages all the team to take ownership and accountability. He is often heard saying and reminding himself, to enjoy the journey, rather than being obsessed with the destination.

    Sustainability is a cornerstone of Darren’s approach, his goal is to drive change in the industry to deliver greener data centres (he doesn’t agree with, or like, the phrase “green data centres”). This ambition is brought to life in Evolution where every effort is made to minimize the environmental impact of every data center project that the company develops.

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Explore the evolving cooling mix for 2025 and beyond, exploring different solutions to identify the right balance between resilience, cost effectiveness and sustainability, while also meeting the growing demands of modern, high density workloads.

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Understand how your peers are tackling the evolution of grid interactivity and securing power supply, with technology deep-dives into microgrids, onsite generation and energy storage. You can expect in-depth insights into the ways power design is evolving for higher densities.

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Learn how you can leverage AI, automation, and software defined technologies to enhance your data center operations, gain insights from peers on overcoming the challenges of DCIM and predictive analytics, and explore strategies for balancing scalability, security, and sustainability. Expect an in-depth discussion on optimizing efficiency across on-prem, colocation, and cloud environments.

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Key Speakers

  • Foong Kheng Nge

    Engineering Manager, Asia Pacific, Global Switch

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    Foong Kheng Nge

    Engineering Manager, Asia Pacific, Global Switch

    Foong Kheng leads a team of engineers from the Global Switch within Design and Engineering function, she has responsibility for day-to-day engineering management, compliance reporting, provide direction, analyses and solutions to the organisation. She works with the regional and global management team in order to develop and implement the organisation's design and engineering best practices so that its facilities are designed and engineered effectively.

    Among her credentials, she is a Chartered Manager (CMgr) with the Chartered Manager Institute (CMI) and a Chartered Engineer (CEng) with the Engineering Council.

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Get to grips with how the AI boom is driving changes in site-selection, pre-construction and the design and build of facilities, with insights into the latest construction technologies and techniques being leveraged in order to meet the industry’s changing requirements for high density.

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  • Margaret Rozali

    Margaret Rozali

    Practice Lead, Building Services, AECOM

  • Shalini Lagrutta

    CEO and Managing Director, DXN

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    Shalini Lagrutta

    CEO and Managing Director, DXN

    Shalini Lagrutta boasts a remarkable 20-year track record in the telecoms and data centre industry. Her journey includes pivotal roles in renowned companies such as Fujitsu Telecommunications, Huawei, LGC Wireless in Silicon Valley, and Flexenclosure. Notably, Shalini’s leadership at DXN since 2019 has propelled significant sales growth in Modular Data Centres. Shalini’s contribution at DXN since 2019 to 2022 was as bringing in significant customers and revenue growth to the business. Since being appointed as CEO on 2022, her focus has been to restructure the company including exiting unprofitable businesses and focusing on turning the company around to profitable growth. Recognised for her outstanding contributions, she earned accolades like Capacity Media’s 20 Women to Watch in 2020, Top 30 Edge Computing Leaders by Data Economy in 2020, and a spot-on Capacity Media’s 2021 Power 100 listing. Shalini’s recent achievement includes being honoured as one of the Infrastructure Masons (iM100) award recipients in December 2021 as well as 2024 TOP-10 APAC Women Leaders by Data Centre Magazine —a testament to her inspiring leadership in shaping the digital age.

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Get to grips with how global rapid adoption of cloud and hybrid IT models is continuing to reshape the data center and digital infrastructure landscapes in 2025, with exclusive insights into security protocols in place to cope with surging demands and the impact of strict regulations on scalability and AI-driven operations.

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Addressing the convergence of the IT and telco sectors, you can expect insights into managing data networks in an increasingly capacity constrained world, the importance of upgrading networking infrastructure to support higher capacities and the latest network innovations driving next-gen computing capabilities.

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Understand how shifting market dynamics, capital strategies, and investment trends are shaping data center finance. Explore which regions are attracting investment, how funding models are evolving, and the key economic forces driving digital infrastructure growth.

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  • Kai Goh

    Kai Goh

    CEO, Digital Halo

  • Stephanus Oscar

    CEO, Edge DC

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    Stephanus Oscar

    CEO, Edge DC

    Oscar is currently leading the team in EDGE DC, a company of Digital Edge -  data center service provider with low latency located in downtown Jakarta. Combining his knowledge in edge data center and cloud computing, he’s passionate to share how both can accelerate and grow digital business in Indonesia.

    Starting his career as Sales Manager at DCI Indonesia, he was responsible for managing Cloud Service Providers, Financial Services, and large enterprises from Fortune 500 companies. Prior to EDGE DC, Oscar was in Amazon Web Services, where he handled mature Indonesia startups to achieve their business goals. Oscar earned his Bachelor of Engineer degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

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Learn how to unlock capital for large scale data center projects with dedicated sessions on unlocking local & regional financing

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    Zach Ennis

    Managing Director, Stonepeak

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    Zach Ennis

    Managing Director, Stonepeak

    Zach is a Managing Director with Stonepeak and a member of the Investment Committee of Stonepeak Asia Infrastructure Fund. Prior to joining Stonepeak, Zach was a member of the Energy group at Evercore, where he focused primarily on the midstream sector.

    Zach received a Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, in Finance and Energy Policy from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

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    Paul Dwyer

    Chief Development Officer - Data Centres, ESR

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    Paul Dwyer

    Chief Development Officer - Data Centres, ESR

    Paul is responsible for LOGOS’ growth into the Data Centre sector and overseeing the acquisition, development and management of current and future projects.

    He has over 16 years of real estate experience across Asia, 10 years of which were in the data centre space in various capacities including brokerage, consultancy and in-house with a developer.

    Prior to LOGOS Paul spent four years with Equinix as a Senior Director leading the Development xScale (Asia Pacific) initiative, driving US$2.5bn of acquisitions in Tokyo, Osaka, Sydney and Seoul

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    Marcin Nowakowski

    Marcin Nowakowski

    Head of TMT, Asia Pacific, Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking

    Alex Moffatt

    Australian Head of APAC Data Centre Capital Markets and Advisory, Cushman & Wakefield

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    Alex Moffatt

    Australian Head of APAC Data Centre Capital Markets and Advisory, Cushman & Wakefield

    Alex is the Australia team lead for Cushman and Wakefield’s Asia Pacific Data Centre Advisory Team (DCAT). He specialises in data centre transaction advice with over 20 years of experience in real estate advisory services.

    He has transacted in excess of AUD$1BN on behalf of hyperscalers, colo operators, developers and government clients. His previous engagements have included acquisitions, capital raising, development management, leasing and divestment.

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    Eugene Seo

    Managing Director - Data Centres, CapitaLand

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    Eugene Seo

    Managing Director - Data Centres, CapitaLand

    Eugene Seo is Managing Director, Data Centre at CapitaLand Investment (CLI). He oversees strategy and execution of the data centre business, and works closely with CLI’s listed funds and private funds on this specialised asset class. Prior to CapitaLand, Eugene held several roles in investment and portfolio management at Ascendas-Singbridge (ASB). Before joining ASB, he was Head of InfoComms & Media at the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and responsible for industry development and investment promotion of Singapore’s digital services sector. Eugene holds a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University, USA and a Master of Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University, USA.

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    Ivan Li

    Director, Strategy & Implementation, ENGIE Impact

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    Ivan Li

    Director, Strategy & Implementation, ENGIE Impact

    Ivan, a Director with ENGIE Impact’s APAC Strategy & Implementation team, brings over a decade of advisory experience across diverse industries and regions. His expertise spans sustainability, including decarbonization, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and carbon markets. Before ENGIE Impact, Ivan held roles in management consulting, investment advisory, and tax consulting, working with clients globally. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Master of Accounting and Bachelor of Accounting and Financial Management. Ivan is a CPA, CA (Canada). Noteworthy projects include leading the development of Net Zero strategy roadmaps for Indonesian conglomerates, establishing sustainable frameworks for future data centers in APAC, and supporting Article 6 advocacy initiatives. His contributions extend to Board/C-level conversations, integrating sustainability into investment decisions, and facilitating government engagements for regulatory compliance and implementation agreements.

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    Swati Goyal

    Chief Investment Officer, DCI Data Centers

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    Swati Goyal

    Chief Investment Officer, DCI Data Centers

    Swati is Chief Investment Officer, DCI Data Centers. With over a decade of experience across banking, private equity and data centers, Swati has directly led growth and expansion for DCI in APAC and previously for STT Global Data Centers. Prior to this, Swati also worked with Blackstone Real Estate in Singapore and London and credits her varied experience for igniting her life long passion for building long term businesses while keeping an eye on the detail. Swati holds a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai and MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

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    Jay Lee

    Principal, Analysys Mason

    Yaniv Ghitis

    Chief Investment Officer, Digital Edge DC

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    Yaniv Ghitis

    Chief Investment Officer, Digital Edge DC

    Yaniv Ghitis is a renowned investment specialist in Asia Pacific with considerable experience in originating, structuring, negotiating and executing M&A and capital markets transactions across the region, including in Greater China, Southeast Asia, India, Korea, Japan and Australia.

    Prior to joining Digital Edge, Yaniv worked at J.P. Morgan for 17 years in their Hong Kong, New York, London and Tel Aviv offices. Most recently, he served as Managing Director and Co-Head of J.P. Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom Investment Banking in Asia Pacific, where he advised and raised capital for some of the most impactful technology and digital infrastructure companies in the region.

    A native of Israel, Yaniv holds a Bachelor of Arts in Management and Economics and a Masters of Arts in Economics, both from Tel Aviv University.

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    June 16-18 Free

    Includes access to

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    Investment Forum | APAC

    For end-users and specifiers within the data infrastructure industry

    Who qualifies?

    ✅ End-users within the data center industry from Enterprise and Hyperscale

    ✅ End-users specializing in IT, Compute, Storage or Networking

    ✅ Technical roles from Colocation Operators

    ✅ Specifiers of data center technology & services (technical roles) from AECs (Architects, Consulting Engineers, Contractors), Systems Integrators and Energy Utilities

    ✅ Procurement teams

    Who does not qualify?

    ❌ Sales & Marketing Professionals

    ❌ Technology or Service Vendors

    ❌ Resellers

    ❌ Recruitment Firms

    Extra details

    End-User/Specifier passes include access to both co-located events on June 16-18. You will also be invited to private activations included hosted lunches, cocktail hours and tech exchange sessions (subject to availability) and have the ability to book meetings via the event app. Complimentary food & beverages are provided throughout the event.

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  • General Admission

    June 16-18 Free

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    For digital infrastructure investors, analysts and sales & marketing professionals

    Who qualifies?

    ✅ Sales & Marketing Professionals from: Colocation & Cloud Providers, AECs (Architects, Consulting Engineers, Contractors), Systems Integrators and Energy Utilities

    ✅ Digital Infrastructure Investors/Analysts

    ✅ Law Firms & Professional Advisory Services

    Who does not qualify?

    ❌Technology or Service Vendors 

    ❌Resellers

    ❌Recruitment Firms

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    General Admission passes include access to both co-located events on June 17-18, with the ability to book meetings via the event app. Complimentary food & beverages are provided throughout the event.

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  • Vendor Pass

    June 16-18 $2,095

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    Investment Forum | APAC

    For technology vendors, service vendors, resellers and recruiters

    Who qualifies?

    ✅ Technology or Service Vendors

    ✅ Resellers

    ✅ Recruitment Firms

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    This pass provides complete access to all of the open sessions and networking that takes place at both events across June 16-18, including the Icebreaker Party, Beach Party, open content sessions, and the show floor.

    This pass also includes a complimentary two-night stay at the Grand Hyatt Bali, Nusa Dua on the nights of June 16 & 17.

    Purchasing multiple Vendor passes

    If you wish to purchase multiple passes for your team, event sponsorship could provide you more value, as all of our packages include passes for your team members and enhanced access to the event app. Please contact: [email protected] for the best rates.

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