In Pictures: Data Center World 2024
Explore the highlights of Data Center World 2024, where industry leaders came together to tackle the industry’s most pressing issues.
April 19, 2024
This year’s Data Center World took place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC on April 15-18.
The four-day program included more than 70 conference sessions, 130 speakers, and 200 exhibitors. The event also hosted two partner events: the Omdia Analyst Summit and the Data Center Build Summit.
The Omdia Analyst Summit on April 15 set the scene for Data Center World 2024, advancing the discussions around power capacity constraints, new data center growth markets, and the challenges and opportunities posed by AI.
Omdia senior analyst Dominika Koncewicz hosted this year’s Omdia Analyst Summit.
The conference coincided with projections from the research company indicating a projected doubling of data center power capacity over the next five years. Read more
Omdia analyst Shen Wang interviewed a distinguished panel of data center experts who offered their insight into the power and cooling market.
During an opening keynote at Data Center World 2024, execs from Intel and AMD detailed the massive shift AI is bringing to the data center – and their visions for where the industry is heading.
Jennifer Majernik Huffstetler, chief product sustainability officer at Intel, explained that it is not just processors that are facilitating the AI revolution. It takes a combination of bigger and denser processors with far more cores, optimized hardware and software, and AI models that have been designed for specific use cases and workloads.
Laura Smith, CVP of engineering solutions at AMD, explained that current data centers are not fit for AI purposes. Modernization efforts, however, run into inherent limitations.
“Current data centers don’t have the right infrastructure to adopt new technology which is why there is such a big push to modernize them,” said Smith. “Space, power, cooling, floor design, and budget constraints make it difficult.” Read more!
Digital infrastructure pioneer Peter Gross received the AFCOM Data Center World 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award for his services to the industry.
The Data Center World 2024 expo hall featured more than 200 exhibitors.
Peter Panfil, vice president of global power at Vertiv, showcased the company’s latest liquid cooling innovations at Data Center World 2024.
The Vertiv executive also spoke during a panel on ‘Bring Your Own Power’ – an option to solve grid reliance and power availability issues while contributing to ESG strategies.
This year’s Rack and Stack competition saw teams compete to see who could stack their rack most completely and accurately in the allotted time.
The Data Center News desk buzzed with activity throughout the week, hosting various guests for live interviews recorded and relayed to delegates.
Pictured here is Rick Dagley (left), senior editor of Data Center Knowledge sister publication ITPro Today, speaking with Steve McDowell, chief analyst at NAND Research.
Bjarne Sorbo from Green Mountain was named as this year’s Data Center Manager of the Year.
Bjarne Sorbo from Green Mountain was named as this year’s Data Center Manager of the Year.
Data Center World took place in Washington, DC on April 15-18, bringing together delegates from around the world to discuss various hot topics impacting the industry.
This year’s Data Center World advanced the discussions around power capacity constraints, fresh energy innovations including nuclear-powered data centers, and the challenges and opportunities posed by AI.
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