Akerman is a sponsor of the 23rd Annual Metro Connect USA conference, presented by Capacity Media. This premier event is the most important annual touch point for the U.S. digital infrastructure community to renew agreements, build new partnerships, agree financing and M&A deals, and learn about the future state of the industry. 

Co-chair of Akerman’s Energy and Infrastructure Sector and Chair of the Data Centers and Digital Infrastructure Practice, James Grice will moderate a panel titled, “What will it take to deliver the data centre of the future today?” on Monday, February 26 at 3:30 pm ET. Discussion topics will include:

• Will the availability of power and sustainable power impact the development of new data centers?
• How are evolving compute requirements, driven by AI, AVs, 5G and IoT, changing data centre design?
• Does increasing power densification challenge the timeframe for adopting immersion cooling and other advanced technologies?