Connect | London // Major Panel: The AI operations pivot - What does a high density facility demand from your organization?
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- Main Stage - Connect Show Floor | Mezzanine Level
- Data Center Cooling
- Mission Critical Power
- Management & Operations
- Open Session
Speakers
Alistair Barnes
Mechanical Engineering Principal, CloudHQ
Roberto Leoni
CTO, Mediterra Datacenters
James Feeney
Vice President AI / HPC Data Centre Strategy and Development EMEA, Salute
Director of Solutions Engineering, DCD Academy
High‑density AI workloads are exposing the limits of traditional operating models. These environments run hotter, swing harder, and punish any weakness in operational outlay. As Europe accelerates into an AI‑driven build cycle, operators face a simple reality: you cannot run tomorrow’s facilities with yesterday’s structures, processes, or skill sets.
This session will explore:
- How operations teams must be restructured to manage high‑density, high‑volatility environments
- What real‑time monitoring looks like when thermal and electrical behaviour shifts minute‑to‑minute
- How maintenance, risk, and incident response must evolve to support next-generation loads
- Which new competencies operators must build, from liquid‑cooling fluency to power‑curve modelling