Darin Polsley

As cooling technologies enable greater building density and reduce traditional site constraints, they are reshaping how land is evaluated, valued and selected for data center development. This session will examine how cooling experts can support earlier and better-informed site-selection decisions by translating future cooling capabilities into practical design and land requirements.

This workshop will gather experts to discuss:

• Evaluating how the evolution of cooling has improved the utility and value of land for data center development
• Understanding how advanced cooling systems are increasing the number of viable data center sites
• Exploring hypothetical examples of how building density influences land value, applying these insights to site selection and demonstrating the pivotal role of cooling
• Defining the role of cooling experts as critical site-selection advisors by providing insight into next-generation data center design and land requirements
• Anticipating future cooling innovations, when they are likely to be deployed and how they will reshape data center design and land requirements