Connect | Southern Europe // Major Panel: Cooling the next generation data center - Where air and liquid systems meet

As data centres evolve to support higher power densities driven by AI and accelerated computing, cooling strategies are changing rapidly. This panel explores how air and liquid cooling systems come together in next-generation facilities and what that looks like in practice. We will discuss how liquid-cooled IT, CDUs, and facility chillers integrate alongside traditional air cooling, and why hybrid approaches are becoming the norm rather than the exception. Drawing on real-world experience, the panel will examine design considerations, operational impacts, and the decisions operators, engineers, and vendors face when building scalable, efficient, and resilient cooling solutions for the future.