Aimee Lopez
Senior Global Program Manager CBRE for Google
Seminars
Wednesday 2nd December 2026
Enhancing Vendor Management to Overcome Lead Time Challenges & Coordination Complexities Onsite
11:50 am
- Balancing early procurement decisions against evolving retrofit requirements to reduce the risk of costly equipment modifications or replacement
- Improving coordination between vendors, contractors and operations teams to reduce execution risks and maintain alignment during critical retrofit activities
- Strengthening operational awareness and accountability among vendor and project teams to ensure adherence to site protocols throughout execution
Wednesday 2nd December 2026
Panel: Exploring the Key Drivers Behind Why Owner/Operators Harness Retrofit Projects to Accelerate Capacity Delivery
1:30 pm
- 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
