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  • Energy & Sustainability
  • Open Session

Speakers

Mohamed Nassef

Executive Director for Complex Projects & Solutions, DataVolt

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Mohamed Nassef

Executive Director for Complex Projects & Solutions, DataVolt

Seasoned energy and infrastructure professional with extensive experience in business development, energy procurement, and sustainability. With a strong background in developing large-scale projects across the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia, Mohamed is currently playing a key role in driving energy solutions for data centers, utilities, and industrial sectors. Mohamed has a deep understanding of renewable energy integration, project financing, and strategic partnerships. Currently, Mohamed is focused on advancing sustainable energy solutions for the evolving demands of the digital economy

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Meiske Sompie

Meiske Sompie

Director, TBH

Joe Labaky

Joe Labaky

Chief Operating Officer, Group AMANA

Ali Hamroush

Ali Hamroush

Strategic Sales Director, Honeywell

Dan Loosemore

CEO, DatacenterDynamics

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Dan Loosemore

CEO, DatacenterDynamics

Dan Loosemore is currently CEO at Data Center Dynamics (DCD); helping empower individuals who plan, build, design and operate digital infrastructure to make informed decisions faster. DCD attracts over 15 million views to its publishing sites every year, making it the most read data center publication in the world. It's L&D business trains over 3000 engineers every year and the DCD event series attracts over 20,000 annual attendees. Since 2022, DCD has been part of the InfraXMedia portfolio and is a proud sister-business of Yotta.

Dan has spent 15+ years scaling B2B media, event and subscription-based platforms in technology and software driven industries. He is passionate about the future of B2B technology marketing and sales, supporting the industry's leading solutions providers on their GTM strategies.

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Data center sustainability remains a disputable priority. As AI and cloud expansion increase energy demands, many countries rely heavily on oil and gas to meet demands, with green initiatives seemingly taking a back seat to rapid growth. Despite the gradual rise in solar and nuclear power, some grids still derive 90% of their energy from fossil fuels. This begs the question: why is sustainability not an integral part of this growth?

Global investors and tech giants, which MENA seeks to attract, are increasingly focused on sustainability, particularly Scope 3 emissions. As the EU and US enforce stricter environmental regulations, will MENA risk losing investment if it doesn’t prioritize sustainability?

But is this stance fair? Has this region shown that new cities and developments are models for sustainability, addressing distinctive challenges to MENA? Can this region do more to go green, or will innovation—and investment—dry up as sustainability becomes a global priority?

This DCD>Debate, conducted under Chatham House Rule, invites experts to dissect these critical industry questions.