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8:00 am Check-In & Morning Coffee
8:30 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Overcoming Supply Chain Constraints
8:40 am Navigating Equipment Shortages & Long Lead Times to Maintain Project Schedules
- Understanding the key electrical equipment, from transformers to generators, that have critical lead times and delays
- Anticipating equipment delays early to align design sequencing with realistic delivery timelines, reducing disruption to downstream engineering work
- Adapting specifications to accommodate multiple vendor options to protect projects from procurement bottlenecks
9:10 am Fireside Chat: Aligning Vendors with End-User Requirements to Ensure Reliable & Compliant Systems
- Clarifying evolving hyperscale/colocator standards so design teams and vendors remain aligned throughout specification, review and approval cycles
- Benchmarking vendor capabilities against performance expectations to ensure equipment meets safety, reliability and compliance needs
- Improving coordination between design teams and OEMs to reduce technical discrepancies that lead to rework during installation or commissioning
9:40 am Morning Refreshments & Networking
Increasing Speed to Market
10:20 am Fireside Chat: Balancing Project Delivery Pressures with Engineering Quality to Deliver Reliable Designs at Speed
- Strengthening internal QA/QC processes to uphold engineering standards despite compressed timelines and frequent design updates
- Adapting team workflows to manage constant changes without sacrificing design integrity to support reliable and consistent project outcomes
- Exploring the use of templatized designs to streamline work, improve consistency across projects and reduce the risk of errors under compressed schedules
10:50 am Case Study: Deploying Prefabricated & Modularized Electrical Systems to Accelerate Schedules
- Looking into prefabricated solutions from conduit to skids and racks to accelerate deployment
- Standardizing modular components across builds to simplify procurement and improve design repeatability for multi site programs
- Integrating modular approaches earlier in the design cycle to enhance constructability and minimize onsite coordination requirements
- Leveraging modular electrical rooms to reduce onsite construction durations and streamline installation
11:20 am Audience Discussion: Navigating Paused & Restarted Projects Without Losing Momentum, Knowledge or Engineering Consistency
- Exploring approaches to preserve design intent during project pauses, reducing the amount of re-learning and backtracking required when design efforts resume
- Establishing clear design baselines to maintain continuity and alignment when different engineering teams or new leads pick up the project after a pause
- Implementing handover practices that safeguard critical information to ensure design teams can efficiently restart work after extended gaps
11:50 am Lunch Break
Optimizing Team Alignment, Collaboration & Knowledge
12:50 pm Navigating the Shift from Design-Bid-Build to Design-Build for Faster, More Coordinated Delivery
- Aligning contract types and team structures with hyperscaler/colocator preferences to minimize silos
- Establishing collaborative workflows design-build teams to support decision making and reduce delays during fast paced project delivery
- Incorporating flexibility and risk mitigation to manage design revisions as requirements evolve more quickly
Preparing for Future Technologies & Capacity
1:20 pm Panel: Anticipating Future Innovations in Electrical Systems to Prepare Designs for the Next Wave of Data Center Demand
- Discussing emerging power technologies gaining traction across the industry to understand their potential impact on future electrical design decisions
- Identifying recent trends or innovations that may influence data-center requirements to prepare for shifts in ways of working
- Exploring pathways to integrate new technologies and equipment into existing standards and workflows to support longterm scalability without disrupting current project delivery