Connect | London // Major Panel: Blended reality vs hype - The real demands of liquid cooling

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  • Main Stage - Connect Show Floor | Mezzanine Level
  • Data Center Cooling
  • Management & Operations
  • Open Session
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Speakers

Jorge Santos

Chief Operating Officer, Verda

Tom Bosmans

Tom Bosmans

Business Development Manager EMEIA, BAC

Wouter Mezger

Wouter Mezger

COO, Penta Infra

Jose Farrona Maldonado

Jose Farrona Maldonado

Senior Solutions Engineer, Prime Data Centers

Steven Campbell-Ferguson

Steven Campbell-Ferguson

Global Product Design Lead, NTT Global Data Centers

Alex Dickins

Alex Dickins

Content Director, DCD

AI era thermal loads are pushing operators to the edge of what air based design can handle, forcing a shift toward hybrid cooling that blends air and liquid in ways most facilities were never built to support. Liquid integration demands new fluid loops, new risk assumptions, and retrofit choices that determine whether a site can evolve, or slip into thermal obsolescence. Operators must now cut through the noise and face the engineering reality of liquid readiness.

This session will explore:

  • How operators choose cooling strategies as densities rise and workloads shift
  • What a realistic hybrid future looks like and whether teams have the operational maturity to capitalise
  • The retrofit constraints that shape liquid adoption, from space to hydraulics
  • How fluid choice and support infrastructure define risk and total system outlay