Panel: Exploring the Key Drivers Behind Why Owner/Operators Harness Retrofit Projects to Accelerate Capacity Delivery

1:30 pm - Wednesday 2nd December 2026

  • Identifying the operational, capacity and infrastructure warning signs that indicate when retrofit investments become the fastest path to delivering additional compute capacity
  • Examining how AI workloads, higher rack densities and evolving technology demands are pushing existing power, cooling and structural systems beyond their original design limits
  • Evaluating how retrofit strategies can accelerate capacity deployment, extend facility utilization and bring AI infrastructure online faster than greenfield development

Speakers:

Associate Principal
The Lamar Johnson Collaborative
Senior Project Architect of Mission Critical
The Lamar Johnson Collaborative
Head of Construction
Prometheus Group
Senior Global Program Manager
CBRE