Post date: 8/31/2017
The first annual Greater Denver Data Center Summit was held August 17, 2017 at the Denver Art Museum.
The morning keynote address, “Mergers & Acquisitions, Public Market Trends, The Growth Of Secondary Markets, And New Competition On A National Scale,” with presentations from Conan Lee, managing director, JLL, and Jeremy Meyers, business development manager, CBRE, set the agenda for the 2017 Greater Denver Data Center Summit.
Panel discussing “Innovations In Data Center Power Generation, Reliability And Competitive Pricing” at the 2017 Greater Denver Data Center Summit. From left, David Bartholomai, Economic Development Consultant, State of Nebraska; Michael Bell, project manager – Mission Critical, Burns & McDonnell; Michael Ortiz, site selection / acquisitions, DuPont Fabros Technology; Darren Robinson, executive director, Buffalo County Economic Council; and Anthony Wanger, president and founder, IO. The panel was moderated by Joseph Suppers, owner, NodeCom, Inc.
“The Road Map to Off-Premise Compute: The End-User Approach to the Cloud, AI, SaaS and Tomorrow’s Compute Needs and Initiatives” panel discussed the economics and realities of the cloud at the 2017 Greater Denver Data Center Summit. From left, David Dunn, COO, H5 Data Centers; Kirk Killian, president, Partners National Mission Critical Facilities; Clint Harder, chief technology officer, OneNeck; and Dan Thompson, senior analyst, 451 Research. Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D., chief information officer, City of Palo Alto teleconferenced in and appears on-screen. The panel was moderated by Jim Kerrigan, managing principal & founding member, North American Data Centers.
A panel discussed, “Best Practices for Upgrading Legacy Facilities and Future-Proofing the New Data Center: Are Providers Investing in Energy Efficiency or Reliability and Control?” at the 2017 Greater Denver Data Center Summit. From left, Tom Dobson, vice president, Holder Construction Company; Scot Heath P.E., director of engineering, Enabled Energy, Inc.; Bill Johnson, vice president colocation and data center operations, H5 Data Centers; and John Major, AIA, Principal, Page. The panel was moderated by Hector Diaz, Sr. Partner, iDiaz Advisors, LLC.
“The Impact of Connectivity Innovations on Data Centers: Analysis of Network Reconfiguration to Support Evolving Needs” panel at the 2017 Greater Denver Data Center Summit discussed data center development and innovations. From left, Stephen Belomy, senior vice president – US, Etix Everywhere; Mattias Ganslandt, CEO and president, Multigrid Data Centers; Ben Green, VP, Network & Mobility, CoreSite; and TJ Karklins, SVP, zColo at Zayo Group. Brian Klebash, President & Founder, CAPRE moderated the panel.
Keith Klesner, senior vice president, North America, Uptime Institute, discussed the “Uptime Institute Industry Report: Analysis from the Latest Data Center Industry Survey, Including the End-User and IT Executive Mindset in 2017 and Beyond” at the 2017 Greater Denver Data Center Summit.