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.
View sessionsConnect | MENA // The Connect Experience
The premier event for those who design, build & operate next-generation data centers
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3 Co-located events, covering the full digital infrastructure ecosystem
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Hear from 130+ leading experts from across the data center industry
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60+ Exhibitors showcasing the latest tech
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Network with 1,250+ senior data center professionals
Content aligned to your core challenges
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 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!
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.
View sessionsUnderstand 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.
View sessionsExplore the rapidly evolving ecosystem of advanced compute - including the ongoing growth in demand for cloud and it's role in the AI/HPC landscape - identifying strategies and best-practice that can be deployed to close the IT/OT divide whilst maintaining a robust, adaptable base infrastructure.
View sessionsCompare innovative solutions from the industry's leading vendors, all in one place
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.
Network with peers in-style with a host of unrivalled networking opportunities
Tailor your networking to your interests...
Secure your pass
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End-User/Specifier
Includes access to
Connect | MENA
Compute | MENA
Investment Forum | MENA
For end-users within the digital 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 all three co-located events on April 15-16. 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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Show Floor
Includes access to
Connect | MENA
Compute | MENA
For end-users within the data infrastructure industry, as well as the sales & marketing professionals who support them
Who qualifies?
We welcome professionals in data center design, build, operations, investment, strategy, sales and marketing from companies including:
✅ Cloud providers
✅ Colocation providers
✅ Enterprise operators
✅ Advisors/consultancy
Who does not qualify?
❌ Technology or Service Vendors
❌ Recruiters
Extra details
This pass gives you access to both co-located events taking place at the JW Marriott Marquis, Dubai on April 16 only.
This pass grants you access to the open sessions and Show Floor across both events.
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Vendor Pass
Includes access to
Connect | MENA
Compute | MENA
Investment Forum | MENA
For technology vendors, service vendors and recruiters
Who qualifies?
✅ Technology or Service Vendors
✅ Resellers
✅ Recruitment Firms
Extra details
This pass includes a two-night stay at the JW Marriott Marquis on the nights of April 14 and April 15. This pass provides complete access to all the open sessions and networking that takes place at all three events across April 15-16, including the Icebreaker Party, open content sessions, and the show floor.
Purchasing multiple Vendor passes
If you wish to purchase multiple passes for your team, event sponsorship could provide you more value. All of our sponsorship packages include All Access Paid Passes. Please get in touch with our team at [email protected] for the best rates.