The Fall 2018 7x24 Conference was held October 21-24, 2018 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix. The theme of the event was “Metrics of the Future” and featured exhibits from sponsor companies and presentations on industry topics.

Keynote addresses were held on subsequent days and included Rich Karlgaard, Forbes publisher and global futurist, who spoke Monday, October 22, on “Technology and 2018 Turbulence; David Schirmacher, president, Reset Advisors, LLC, and 7x24 Exchange International, who spoke Tuesday, October 23, on “Unleashing the Metrics of Cost and Performance; and John V. Healy, vice president, Data Center Group and general manager of the Software Designed Datacenter Solutions Group, Intel Corporation, who spoke on Wednesday, October 24, on “Hyperscale Computing – An Inflexion Point for Data Centers.”

Sessions and panel discussions were held throughout the conference on power density, energy standards, achieving high data center energy performance, battery technology, and retrofits, to name a few.

Evening receptions for participants were held on each night of the conference.

The 2019 7x24 Spring Conference will be held June 2-5, 2019 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, FL.