Strategic Insights
Gain a comprehensive understanding of the data center industry's trends and challenges through open discussions under Chatham House Rule, enabling effective future planning and innovation.
DCD Leadership Summit APAC 2027
InterContinental Bali Resort
265
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An invite-only event bringing together the C-Suite executives from colocation and cloud operators charged with driving APAC's industry forward
Asia Pacific is now the fastest-growing data center region globally, yet the region's senior colocation leaders have few opportunities to engage in peer-level, strategic discussions with others facing the same operational and investment realities.
The DCD Leadership Summit APAC 2027 is a closed-door, invitation-only forum designed exclusively for C-Suite and senior executives from colocation and data center operator organizations to connect, address key issues, and share actionable insights.
Past speakers include:
CEO, K2 Strategic
CEO, Data Centres Australia (DCA)
Chief Customer and Commercial Officer, NEXTDC
Chief Strategy Officer, CDC
Vice President Operations - APAC, Digital Realty
Reasons to Attend
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Invaluable Networking
Connect with industry leaders to form strategic partnerships and collaborations, leveraging these relationships to enhance your organization's impact and growth.
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Practical Solutions
Leave with actionable strategies and insights to tackle current challenges and improve efficiency, driving immediate and impactful changes within your organization.
Gain strategic and actionable insights from your peers
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Leadership Discussion: Delivering the AI factory - Solving the power, speed, and people bottleneck
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- Negara Room | Karangasem Ballroom | Lower Level
- Data Center Cooling
- Mission Critical Power
- Data Center Construction
- Invite-only Session
Speakers
Head of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Chief Customer and Commercial Officer, NEXTDC
Vice President Operations - APAC, Digital Realty
The breakneck pace of AI infrastructure is forcing a fundamental overhaul of cooling, power delivery, and construction. Delivering 10–30MW blocks in six-month cycles requires C-suite leaders to overcome the brutal friction of speed: navigating a vacuum of cooling standards and tightening sustainability mandates, all while simultaneously battling acute talent gaps and 18-month equipment lead times.
- Choosing between rapid retrofits or massive AI giga-factories
- Using on-site generation, including natural gas, hydrogen fuel cells, solar and storage to bypass the grid and go live years earlier
- Protecting campus infrastructure from extreme AI-driven load spikes
- Defining ownership of liquid cooling risks between operators and OEMs
- Adopting operational labour models from the nuclear and marine sectors
- Standardizing blocks to bypass 18-month equipment lead times
- Securing permits through water-neutral and heat-reuse strategies
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State of the Industry Keynote: The Asia-Pacific data center market outlook
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- Negara Room | Karangasem Ballroom | Lower Level
- Investment & Markets
- Mission Critical Power
- Energy & Sustainability
- Invite-only Session
Speakers
Managing Director, Data Centre Leasing, India & APAC Lead - Data Centre Colocation Leasing, JLL
As demand for AI, cloud, and digital infrastructure accelerates, the data center industry is entering a decade of unprecedented transformation. By 2030, the Asia-Pacific region is widely expected to double its operational capacity to ~24 GW and emerge as the largest global market by capacity and colocation share. This executive session provides C-suite operators with a forward-looking view of market dynamics through 2030, highlighting where growth, risk, and opportunity will emerge.
- Global and regional capacity growth trajectories
- AI-driven demand and high-density infrastructure implications
- Inference dominance and its impact on site selection, density strategy, and capital allocation
- Emergence of neo-cloud and AI-native demand models
- Energy infrastructure and sustainability implications
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Leadership Discussion: Policy pressure points - Influencing and adapting to APAC’s regulatory landscape
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- Negara Room | Karangasem Ballroom | Lower Level
- Investment & Markets
- Invite-only Session
Speakers
CEO, K2 Strategic
Chief Strategy Officer, CDC
CEO, Data Centres Australia (DCA)
Geopolitics and policy friction have moved from the legal department to the C-suite. In this peer-led forum, we will move beyond compliance to collectively define a new industry narrative: positioning data centers as critical national infrastructure. We will share off-the-record strategies for navigating APAC’s macro-shifts—from export controls to data sovereignty—and benchmark successful models for fast-tracking permits, winning over local mayors and securing the social license required to de-risk massive capital projects.
- Positioning data centers as critical national assets
- Proving economic value beyond power consumption and headcounts
- Securing community buy-in to de-risk massive capital projects
- Mastering the elevator pitch for energy and trade ministers
- Navigating macro-shifts from export controls to data residency
What to expect
Held under Chatham House Rule, this closed-door summit enables confidential boardroom discussions, focused on honing business strategy, and enhancing organizational impact and efficiency. Only C-suite executives (or equivalent decision-makers) from colocation & cloud operators are eligible to attend.
This gives you the opportunity to openly discuss the current data center landscape with your peers, and deepen your understanding of future challenges and opportunities to ensure your business is at the forefront of industry evolution.
The agenda topics will be moderated by a subject-matter expert, who will guide the discussion in the room with all other Leadership Summit delegates. This is not a traditional speaker-led panel; instead, all Leadership Summit delegates will have the opportunity to share their thoughts and collaborate with their executive peers in this small-group, interactive setting.
