Nick Bouknight
Vice President of Engineering Skybox Data Centers
Nick Bouknight is Vice President of Design and Engineering at Skybox Datacenters, where he leads the planning, design, and execution of large-scale data center developments. With hands-on experience spanning construction management through executive leadership, Nick brings a practical, delivery-driven perspective to aligning design decisions with constructability, schedule certainty, and long-term operational performance across mission-critical facilities.
Seminars
Tuesday 18th August 2026
Panel: Overcoming Space Constraints to Support Rising Density Requirements for Next-Gen AI Data Halls
8:30 am
- Exploring strategies to effectively deliver increasing kilowatt loads into shrinking data hall footprints while maintaining safe and reliable electrical distribution
- Identifying how rising rack densities and megawatt-scale loads impact cable routing, duct banks and space planning
- Evaluating alternative layouts, stacking approaches and site considerations to balance equipment footprint and power delivery as AI loads continue to grow
Wednesday 19th August 2026
Navigating Equipment Shortages & Long Lead Times to Maintain Project Schedules
8:40 am
- 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
