More than 200 executives from 135 firms attend the first annual Southwest Data Center Summit held at the Los Angeles Athletic Club on Wednesday, October 17. While the focus was on the Southwest’s region’s unique challenges, Brian Klebash, president and founder of CapRate Events, LLC, the company that organized the event, said that executives from other national regions attended the summit.
Panel sessions featured speakers from the data center industry who discussed the important trends and issues affecting the region. Topics included the state of the market, debt and equity sources, and data center design.