Connect | London // Debate: Efficiency vs. excess - How much cooling do we actually need?

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

Speakers

Christiaan Naude

Christiaan Naude

Design & Engineering Lead EMEA, Vaultica Data Centers

Mohammad Salehi

Mohammad Salehi

Director Of Design Engineering - EU, Prime Data Centers

James Raddings

Digital Portfolio Lead, DCD

Jon Pettitt

Senior Director of Sales EMEA & APAC, Munters

Jon Summers

Jon Summers

Research Lead - Data Centers, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Ozgur Duzgunoglu

Ozgur Duzgunoglu

Head of Engineering, Telehouse

Europe’s cooling approach is being stress tested by high‑density workloads. Temperature bands, oversized plants, and legacy risk culture have shaped designs for years, but modern hardware, advanced adiabatic systems, and new fluid options are challenging those assumptions. As densities rise and efficiency becomes a core design driver, the question is whether current cooling stacks are engineered for efficient service delivery, or simply inherited from a different era.

This session will explore:

  • Can operators safely widen temperature bands and reduce oversizing without compromising uptime
  • Which cooling technologies offer the most direct path to efficiency in high‑density environments
  • How hybrid architectures and fluid selection reshape thermal strategy
  • How far operators can push efficiency before risk tolerance becomes the limiting factor