Events

Conference · SC Conference

SC26: International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis

15–20 Nov 2026

McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois

Where compute and power and cooling requirements meet.

About SC Conference Series: SC, the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, is held each year in a different US city. It was established in 1988 and is sponsored by ACM and the IEEE Computer Society. SC26 runs November 15 to 20, 2026, in Chicago, and recent editions have drawn more than 13,000 attendees.

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Conference · Infrastructure Masons (iMasons)

iMasons Climate Accord Summit 2026

16–18 Nov

Santa Monica and Los Angeles, California

Dates as listed on the organiser’s events page.

About Infrastructure Masons (iMasons): Infrastructure Masons is a nonprofit professional association, with members around the world, for people who build or manage digital infrastructure. Dean Nelson founded it in April 2016 to give executives and technical staff in the field an independent forum for networking, career growth and charitable work. It has chapters on four continents and in 2022 led the Climate Accord, a carbon-reduction pact of more than 200 companies.

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Briefing · IESO

IESO 2027 Annual Planning Outlook: demand forecast session

17 Nov 2026, 1:00 p.m.

Ontario

The demand forecast that large computational loads feed into.

About Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO): The IESO runs Ontario's power system and wholesale electricity market, plans for the province's future electricity needs and is Ontario's reliability coordinator. It is a not-for-profit corporation established under Ontario's Electricity Act, 1998, and its office address is in Toronto. The Ontario Energy Board sets its fees and grants its operating licences.

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Working group · ERCOT

ERCOT Large Load Working Group

19 Nov 2026, 9:30 a.m.

ERCOT Austin, 8000 Metropolis (Building E), Austin, Texas, and WebEx

The grid operator’s working group on large-load interconnection.

About Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT): ERCOT operates most of the Texas power grid as its independent system operator, managing the flow of electricity to 27 million customers, about 90 percent of electricity demand in Texas, and settling the state's competitive wholesale market. It has its executive and administration centre in Austin and its operations centre in Taylor, Texas. It is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit run on a membership basis and overseen by the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Texas Legislature, and it also manages changes of retail supplier at nearly 8 million premises.

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Webinar · IESO

IESO webinar: technical requirements for large computational loads

19 Nov 2026, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Ontario; Teams registration

Proposed Market Rule and Market Manual amendments.

About Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO): The IESO runs Ontario's power system and wholesale electricity market, plans for the province's future electricity needs and is Ontario's reliability coordinator. It is a not-for-profit corporation established under Ontario's Electricity Act, 1998, and its office address is in Toronto. The Ontario Energy Board sets its fees and grants its operating licences.

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Event · Listed on the Open Compute Project events page

Fiber Connect 2026: AI & Telecom

19 Nov 2026, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Vancouver

Timezone and venue not printed on the listing.

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Conference · Data Center World (Informa Connect)

Data Center World Canada

2–4 Dec 2026

Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario

Part of The Buildings Show and Canadian Real Estate & Construction Week; Buildings Show registration includes access.

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Conference · Bisnow

DICE West: West Coast Data Center Conference & Expo

3 Dec 2026, from 7:30 a.m. PST

San Jose Marriott, San Jose, California

Which West Coast data centres get built: power, sites and financing.

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Webinar · Open Compute Project

OCP webinar: Cleaner Coolant, Fewer Failures

3 Dec 2026, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Online

Liquid-cooling requirements for high-power chips.

About Open Compute Project (OCP): The Open Compute Project Foundation runs a global community of companies and individuals that develop and share open hardware designs and specifications for data centres, covering servers, storage, networking equipment and racks. Its mailing address is in Austin, Texas, and it was started in 2011 by Facebook, now Meta, after Facebook spent two years designing its own data centre in Prineville, Oregon. Contributions must meet at least three of its five core principles: efficiency, impact, openness, scalability and sustainability.

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Webinar · IEEE Power & Energy Society

IEEE PES webinar: Enabling Investments in Power System Resilience

8 Dec 2026, 12:00 to 1:20 p.m.

Online (Webex)

About IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES): The IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) is the part of IEEE for engineers, students, academics and industry professionals working in electric power and energy, and it runs conferences, journals and magazines, education programmes and standards work. It began in late 1963 as IEEE's Professional Technical Group on Power, became the Power Engineering Society in the early 1970s and took its current name in 2008. It has nearly 40,000 student and professional members, and its working groups produce close to half of IEEE's standards each year.

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Event · Bisnow

DICE East: Data Center Operations and Cooling Conference

8 Dec 2026, 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST

Hyatt Regency Dulles, Herndon, Virginia

Dates as listed on the organiser’s event page.

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Conference · Open Compute Project

OCP Tech Day at Digital Infrastructure World

3–4 Feb 2027

San Jose, California

IT and OT convergence for AI infrastructure.

About Open Compute Project (OCP): The Open Compute Project Foundation runs a global community of companies and individuals that develop and share open hardware designs and specifications for data centres, covering servers, storage, networking equipment and racks. Its mailing address is in Austin, Texas, and it was started in 2011 by Facebook, now Meta, after Facebook spent two years designing its own data centre in Prineville, Oregon. Contributions must meet at least three of its five core principles: efficiency, impact, openness, scalability and sustainability.

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Conference · Bisnow

DICE Central: data centre construction, design and development

23 Mar 2027

Dallas, Texas (venue to be announced)

Construction and development of central US data centres.

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Conference · Bisnow

National Data Center Conference and Expo (DICE National)

4–6 May 2027

Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, Rockville, Maryland

Data centre investment, development and operations.

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Conference · Data Center World

Data Center World 2027

24–27 May 2027

Music City Center, Nashville, Tennessee

About Data Center World: Data Center World is a conference and trade show for the data-centre industry, with its 2027 edition set for 24 to 27 May at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee, after moving from Washington, D.C. It is produced by Informa Connect, and its site says it has been running for more than 40 years. The brand also holds events in Asia, Australia, Brazil, Europe and the Middle East, and it works with AFCOM, an association for data-centre and IT professionals.

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Conference · Datacloud Global Congress

Datacloud Global Congress 2027

2–4 June 2027 (pre-event activities 1 June)

Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France

Super early-bird registration ends 11 December.

About Datacloud Global Congress: Datacloud Global Congress is an event in Cannes, France, for senior executives in data centres, AI infrastructure and power, built around strategy, partnerships and deals. It is part of techoraco Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with an office in London. The 2027 edition runs June 2 to 4 at the Palais des Festivals, and the 2026 edition drew participants from more than 82 countries.

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Conference · 7x24 Exchange

7x24 Exchange Spring Conference: Powering the AI Surge

6–9 June 2027

JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes, Orlando, Florida

About 7x24 Exchange International: 7x24 Exchange International is a not-for-profit organisation that runs an educational forum on the problems faced by people who work on mission-critical infrastructure such as data centres. A group of people from the industry founded it in 1989, and its mailing address is in Staten Island, New York. It reports 29 chapters around the world and more than 500 member companies.

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Summit · Data Center Nation

DCN Toronto 2027 (Data Center Nation)

8 Jun 2027, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Automotive Building, Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario

One-day Canadian data centre market and infrastructure summit.

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Conference · Open Compute Project

2027 OCP Canada Tech Day

14–15 Jun 2027

Metro Toronto Convention Centre (North Building), Toronto, Ontario

Open data centre technology: keynotes, technical tracks and demos.

About Open Compute Project (OCP): The Open Compute Project Foundation runs a global community of companies and individuals that develop and share open hardware designs and specifications for data centres, covering servers, storage, networking equipment and racks. Its mailing address is in Austin, Texas, and it was started in 2011 by Facebook, now Meta, after Facebook spent two years designing its own data centre in Prineville, Oregon. Contributions must meet at least three of its five core principles: efficiency, impact, openness, scalability and sustainability.

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